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De l'architecture: Livre I. (Collection Des Universites De France Serie Latine)

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Le livre I du De architectura de Vitruve est consacre aux definitions generales et a l' formation de l'architecte, divisions de l'architecture, implantation des villes en fonction de la salubrite, construction des fortifications, orientation des rues selon les vents, distribution des edifices sacres.L'edition du texte repose sur une collation complete de quinze manuscrits, la traduction est nouvelle et le commentaire (accompagne de schemas) s'attache a donner au lecteur les elements necessaires pour la comprehension du texte. Quatre planches hors texte permettent de suivre Vitruve dans sa construction progressive de la rose a vingt-quatre vents.Philippe Fleury, apres avoir soutenu une these sur La mecanique de Vitruve, a publie en collaboration une Concordance du De architectura et a participe en 198) a l'edition du Livre X dans la presente collection.

245 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 1990

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC) was a Roman military engineer under Julius Ceasar, generally attributed to be the sole author of the only extant major work from classical antiquity on architecture, De architectura, better known in English as The Ten Books on Architecture.

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