Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus. De Architectura libri decem. Cum notis, casttigationibus et observationibus Guilielmi Philandri integris. 3 Bl., 30 pp., 1 Bl. With stung title and about 45 text woodcuts. 31 x 20 cm. Leather d. time (some rubbing, joints neatly covered with leather). Amsterdam, L. Elzevier, 1649. Ebhardt 50. Willems 1097. Berghman 316. Fowler 417. Millard III,134. Cicognara 726 Ornament stitch. Berlin 1817. – The only Elzevier edition of the classical foundation of European architecture theory. The folio edition of Johann van Laet "is completely baroque as a book, a completely different appearance of finished book art from the so far mentioned, which ... Drawings are strictly cut according to various older editions. The print is beautifully executed" (Ebhardt) by Fr. Hackius in Leiden. J. van Laet also brought together the connected writings of important Vitruv researchers such as Leon Battista Alberti, Bernardus Baldus, Guillaume Philander and Henry Wotton. "Magnifique édition ... On ne la recherche plus guère aujourd'hui, quoique les exemplaires en soient assez rares" (A. Willems, Les Elzevier). – A little tanned and brownish, in the upper edge almost continuously slightly water rim, some layers stronger. Title with old school stamp. Exlibris H. H. v. Schwerin with bibliographical references by his hand and short pen entry.