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The five books of architecture : an unabridged reprint of the English edition of 1611 / Sebastiano Serlio.
Fine Arts Library NA2517 .S513 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Serlio, Sebastiano, 1475-1554.
- Standardized Title:
- Tutte l'opere d'architettura. English
- Language:
- Dutch
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Early works to 1800.
- Architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 190 unnumbered pages in various pagings : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- Dover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Dover Publications, 1982.
- Summary:
- Serlio establishes the importance of geometry and perspective and provides practical information on terrain, materials, antique and Renaissance structures -- St. Peter's in Rome, Colosseum, Pantheon -- and theaters. Over 300 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Translation of: Tutte l'opere d'architettura.
- Translated from Italian into Dutch, from Dutch into English.
- Originally published: The first [-fift] booke of architecture. London : Printed for R. Peake, 1611.
- ISBN:
- 0486243494
- OCLC:
- 8474212
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