Publisher's Synopsis
M. Vitruvii Viri Suae Professionis Peritissimi, De Architectura Libri Decem, Ad Augustum Caesarem Accuratiss Conscripti (1543) est opus magnum a Pollio, Vitruvio conscriptum. In hoc libro, Vitruvius, qui fuit architectus et ingeniarius, describit rationem aedificandi, aquaeductuum construendi, et urbes planificandi. Opus est divisi in decem libros, quorum primus agit de architectura in genere, secundus de materiae qualitatibus, tertius de templo, quarto de foro, quinto de domo, sextus de porticu, septimus de aquaeductibus, octavus de horologis, nonus de machinis bellicis, et decimus de aqua et igni. Vitruvius scripsit hunc librum ad Augustum Caesarem, ut ostenderet suam peritiam et ut Augustus cognosceret quomodo aedificia et urbes construerentur. Opus est una ex fontibus primariis ad cognoscendum architecturam et ingeniariam Romanam.This Book Is In Latin. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
