VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus. M. Vitruvii Pollionis, viri suae professionis peritissimi, De architectura.
Strassburg, Georg Messerschmidt, August 1550
8vo; 200 x 150 mm. German blindstamped pigskin binding over thin wooden boards (208 x 165 mm), with the date 1550 and initials B.S.V. stamped on upper cover. Collation: AA-DD4 EE-FF4 GG-HH4 II2 A-Z4 aa-zz4 Aa-Ss4 a-e4: Pp. [60], 493, [59], e4 blank. Roman and italic type, 36 lines plus headline. 156 woodcut illustrations, occasional marginalia and underlining in black and red ink, and notes on endleaves in an eighteenth-century hand. Occasional light foxing, Rebacked retaining most of original spine.
A reprint of Ryff's translation (Strassburg, 1543), with the addition of Philandrier's Annotationes of 1544.
BAL RIBA 3496.