On the Art of Building in Ten Books
by Alberti, Leon Battista; translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, Robert Tavernor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0262010992
- ISBN 13
- 9780262010993
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge & London: MIT Press, 1988. First modern translation into English of this classic of architectural theory, originally published in Latin in 1486; Alberti's attempt to supercede the authority of Vitruvius, whose ideas had been the core of architectural thought for over a millenium. Includes a contextual introduction by Rykwert, Alberti's chapters on planning & site selection ('Lineaments'), materials & construction, public works, ornamentation, & restoration, notes, bibliography, glossary. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Book shows light wear, minor fading; jacket, a little off-center, shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, discoloration to rear panel from being shelved next to a leatherbound book for quite a few years. Text clean; xxiii, [5], 442 pages; index, illustrations from the 1550 Italian edition of Bartoli. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0382
- Title
- On the Art of Building in Ten Books
- Author
- Alberti, Leon Battista; translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, Robert Tavernor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0262010992
- ISBN 13
- 9780262010993
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge & London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Architecture, Architectural Theory, Construction, Aesthetics, Renaissance, Medieval Italy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture & Interior Decoration;
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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