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The only architectural treatise to survive from antiquity, and the book that gave the Renaissance its classical orders.
The Edition
- Original language
- Latin
- Translated by
- Frank Granger
Publication
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Series volume
- 280
- Date published
- 1934-01-01
- Print status
- In print
The Physical Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dust jacket
- Yes
- Total pages
- 448 pages
- ISBN-13
- 9780674993099
Reference
- Read online
- Read Here
- Publisher page
- View at publisher
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Vitruvius and the Craftsmen of Rome
- Bibliography
- On Architecture
- Book vi. Town and Country Houses
- Book vii. Interior Decoration
- Book viii. Water-Supply
- Book ix. Dials and Clocks
- Book x. mechanical and military engineering
- Indexes
- Note on Illustrations
- Illustrations
- Plate I. Plan of House
- Plate J. Displuviate Roof, Phases of Moon
- Plate K. Mesolabium. Cheirotometon
- Plate L. Analemma
- Plate M. Construction of Automata
- Plate N. Water-Clock of Ctesibius
- Plate O. Pulley
- Plate P. Water-Tympanum
- Plate Q. Water-Screw
- Plate R. Water-Organ
- Plate S. Diagram of Balista
- Plate T. Tortoise of Hagetor