Les livres d'architecture

Author(s)	Vitruve Barbaro, Daniele Palladio, Andrea (illustrator)
Title	I dieci libri dell’architettura...
Imprint	Venice, A. Vecchi, 1629
Localisation	Einsiedeln, Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Œchslin, A 04d app. 871
Subject	Architecture

Alessandro Vecchi reedited the 1584 book. The title page bears the name of the publisher (“In Venetia, Appresso Alessandro de’ Vecchi. MDCXXIX”). Barbaro’s dedication to the Cardinal de Ferrare was replaced by the dedication by Vecchi to Sforza Ponzone (ff. a 2-3). The preface that Alessandro attributed to himself is in fact that of Francesco de’ Franceschi ( 1567 and 1584 ). The title of the frontispiece was modified ( Il Perfetto Vitruvio Con li commenti del Barbaro) and Franceschi’s headword was replaced by the note “Si vende in Venetia, alla Libraria della Gatta”. The plates were reengraved.

Frédérique Lemerle (Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance, Tours) – 2010

Critical bibliography

J. S. Ackerman, "Daniele Barbaro and Vitruvius", C. L. Striker (ed.), Architectural Studies in Memory of Richard Krautheimer, Mainz, von Zabern, 1996, pp. 1-5. A. Becker, Ammerkungen zu Vitruv, Doctoral dissertation, University of Mainz, 1991. P. Caye, L. Moretti, F. Lemerle, V. Zara (ed.), Daniele Barbaro 1514-1570. Vénitien, patricien, humaniste, Turnhout, Brepols, 2017. L. Cellauro, "Daniele Barbaro and Vitruvius: The Architectural Theory of a Renaissance Humanist and Patron", Papers of the British School at Rome, 72, 2004, pp. 293-329.

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