VITRUVIUS POLLIO, MARCUS et IULIUS FRONTINUS.

De architectura libri decem, summa diligentia recogniti, at(que) excusi, cum nonnullis figuris sub hoc signo * positis. nun & antea impraessis. Additis Iulij Frontini De aqueductibus libris, proter materiae affinitatem.

(Lyon, Huyon), 1523. Small 8vo. Bound in contemp. full vellum manuscript (text on verso of vellum). remains of ties. Contemp. handwritten title on spine. Title printed in red within broad woodcut border. FF 195, (1) pp. (i.e. 179, as ff 81-96 omitted, but complete),(30) pp. + FF 22, (1) pp. (Frontinus). With ca. 150 textillustrations in woodcut, mostly half-page, but also full-page. A few leaves with contemporary annotations. 3 leaves strenghtened in outer margins, no loss of text. Light toning and faint dampstain on the first ca. 40 leaves.

Scarce Lyon counterfeit edition, with illustrations copied from the 1513 and 1522 Florentine Giunta editions and the 1521 first edition in Italian.
Adams V,905. - Brunet V, 1327.

Order-nr.: 54212