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De Architectura Libri Dece (Ten Books of Architecture)

(Italian, 1452–1519)
(Italian, active 1498–1549)
1521
Place of PublicationComo, Italy
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with 117 woodcuts
DimensionsOverall: 41 x 29 x 4.5 cm (16 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Fund
Accession number41.45
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ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Como: Gottardo da Ponte, 1521
ProvenanceV.A.G.C. Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Osterley Park (born 1845); Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Harvard College Library, from whom purchased by MFA, February 13, 1941.