Recto: The Port City of Alexandria (? Allusion to Dinocrates's Building of Alexandria, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no. 1); Verso: Fragmentary Writing ('Libro Primo...')., 1530–45, Pen and dark brown ink, sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in. (21.2 x 14.2 cm), Drawings, Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family (Florence, ca. 1530–1545), A recent discovery, this sheet and seven others comprised a manuscript draft for an Italian edition of the sole surviving architectural treatise of Roman antiquity, Ten Books on Architecture by Marcus Pollius Vitruvius (late first century B
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Recto, Port City, Alexandria, ? Allusion, Dinocrates, Building, Vitruvius, Book 2, introduction, no, 1, Verso, Fragmentary Writing, Libro Primo.., 1530–45, Pen, dark brown ink, sheet, 8 3/8 x 5 9/16, 21.2 14.2 cm, Drawings, Attributed to a member of the Sangallo family, Florence, ca., 1530–1545, recent, discovery, seven, comprised, manuscript draft, Italian edition, sole surviving, architectural, treatise, Roman antiquity, Ten Books, Architecture, Marcus Pollius, late first, century, B
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