Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio - In Ten Books

Following publication in 1826, this illustrated one-volume translation of Vitruvius's ten-book architectural treatise was long considered the standard English edition.

List of contents

Dedication; List of subscribers; Preface; Life of Vitruvius; List of the several editions and versions of Vitruvius; List of the chapters contained in the work; Description of the head-pieces; The architecture of Vitruvius, Books I-X; Plates, and explanations of them; Index.

Summary

Active in the first century BCE, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio wrote his influential architectural treatise in ten books, covering a broad range of practical and theoretical topics. Complete with illustrative plates, this one-volume translation by Joseph Gwilt (1784–1863), first published in 1826, was long considered the standard English edition.

Product details

• Authors: Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
• Assisted by: Joseph Gwilt (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2015
• EAN: 9781108070522
• ISBN: 978-1-108-07052-2
• No. of pages: 478
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Architecture, Individual architects and architectural firms