Main entry:

Frontinus, Sextus Julius.

Title & Author:

Sexti Iulii Frontini uiri consularis De aquis que in urbem influunt : libellus mirabilis.

Publication:

[Rome? : s.n., 1486 or 1487?]

Description:

[32] p. ; 29 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
First edition.
Edited by Giovanni Antonio Sulpicio of Veroli (Joannes Sulpicius Verulanus) and Giulio Pomponio Leto.
Undated. Nearly always found bound after Sulpicio's ed. of Vitruvius, which has the same typeface. The two works were printed by the same unknown press, and on sale together by Aug. 16, 1487, when John Shirwood, Archdeacon of Richmond, bought copies during his visit to Rome.
Collation: [1-2€; 16 leaves]; unsigned.
Royal Institute of British Architects. Early Imprints Collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 1142
Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae incunabula, F-123
BM 15th cent., pt. 4, p. 123

Subject:

Aqueducts Italy Rome Early works to 1800.
Aqueducs Italie Rome Ouvrages avant 1800.
Aqueducts.
Italy Rome.
Aqueducts Italy Rome.

Form/genre:

Incunabula.
Early works.
Bookplates (Provenance) NNC

Added entries:

Sulpitius Verulanus, Joannes, active 15th century.
Leto, Giulio Pomponio, 1428-1497.

Sexti Iulii Frontini viri consvlaris De aqvis qve in vrbem inflvvnt
Sexti Julii Frontini viri consularis De aquis que in urbem influunt
De aquis que in urbem influunt

Holdings:

Location: Library cage plus 212320
Call No.: NA44.V848.A62 1486
Status: Available