The Architecture of M. Vitruvius. Pollio: Translated From the Original Latin, by W. Newton, Architect

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Huntington Library

T022369

With 52 numbered figures on 22 unnumbered plates. First translation into English of 'De architectura ..' Books I-V. Later reissued as Vol.I in 1791 with the first edition of Vol.II.

London : printed by William Griffin, and John Clark, and published by J. Dodsley, 1771. viii,[1],viii-x,[2],122p.,plates ; 2°