Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius (translated by Morris Hicky Morgan)

Later edition, later printing.

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Book: Near Fine
Our ref: RCB-211ca4f94e86

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-211ca4f94e86 · 9 photographs of this copy

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Copyright page states: "This Dover edition, first published in 1960, is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the first edition...originally published by the Harvard University Press in 1914."

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Standard Book Number: 486-20645-9

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-50037

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Dover paperback format, not the original 1914 Harvard hardcover

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Flaws, each one named

Light edge/handling wear to cover corners

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Minor speckling/soiling to rear cover

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This copy

Later printing

What a true first shows: The true first edition of this English translation was published by Harvard University Press in 1914; this Dover copy is a 1960 reprint.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.