Vincenzo Scamozzi, Plane and solid geometrical figures, with at the centre Vitruvius' figure of a man within a square and circle.
Woodcut. 277 mm x 185 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Plane and solid geometrical figures, with at the centre Vitruvius' figure of a man within a square and circle
After Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548 - 1616)
RA Collection: Art
277 mm x 185 mm
L'Idea Della Architettura Universale, Di Vincenzo Scamozzi Architetto Veneto Divisa in X. Libri. Parte Prima. (Seconda.) - Venetiis.
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