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Title: Leonis Baptistae Alberti De re aedificatoria opus elegantissimus
Author:
Leon Battista Alberti (Italian, Genoa 1404–1472 Rome)
Author:
Dedication written by Angelo Poliziano (Italian, Montepulciano 1454–1494 Florence)
Publisher:
Nicolai Laurentii Alamani
Dedicatee:
Lorenzo de' Medici (Italian, Florence 1449–1492 Florence)
Published in: Florence
Date: 1485
Medium: Printed book
Dimensions:
11 5/8 x 8 5/8 x 1 13/16 in. (29.5 x 21.9 x 4.6 cm)
Box: 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 2 9/16 in. (32.4 x 24.5 x 6.5 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Object Number: 41.100.100
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