Vitruvius

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c. 80–70 BC - c. 15 BC), commonly known as Vitruvius, was a Roman author, architect, and civil engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled De Architectura.

Works

  • De Architectura libri decem [The Ten Books on Architecture]
Critical Editions
  • De architectura, V. Rose, editor, Leipzig, 1899. (German)
  • De architectura, Teubner ed.; F. Granger, ed., 2 vols. (Cambridge, Mass., 1945–1970. (English)
  • De architectura, C. Fensterbuch, editor, Darmstadt, 1964. (German)
  • De architectura, The Collection Guillaume Budé, Paris, 1969-1973. (French)
  • De architectura. Testo latino a fronte, 1999 (Italian)

Literature

  • Indra Kagis McEwen, Vitruvius: Writing the Body of Architecture, 2004.

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