The ten books of architecture : the 1755 Leoni edition / Leon Battista Alberti ; translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli ; translated into English by James Leoni.

Author
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Italian
  • Latin
Published/​Created
New York : Dover Publications, 1986.
Description
240 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm

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Architecture Library - Stacks NA2515 .A3513 1986 Browse related items Request
    Firestone Library - Stacks NA2515 .A3513 1986 Browse related items Request
      Forrestal Annex - ReserveNA2515 .A3513 1986 Browse related items Request
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            "Beautifully illustrated magnum opus of great Renaissance theorist who reintroduced the glories of ancient architecture and applied musical and mathematical principles to achieve perfection of proportion in architectural design. Reprinted from extremely rare British edition. 68 black-and-white plates"--Publisher description.
            Notes
            • Translation of: De re aedificatoria.
            • Reprint. Originally published: The architecture of Leon Batista [sic] Alberti in ten books. London : R. Alfray, 1755.
            ISBN
            • 0486252396 ((pbk.))
            • 9780486252391 ((pbk.))
            LCCN
            86016230
            OCLC
            14165077
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