Vitruvius

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (c80–70 BCE - c15 BCE), 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, c15 BCE.

Critical editions

• De architectura, ed. Valentin Rose, Leipzig: Teubner, 1899. (German)
• De architectura, 2 vols., ed. F. Granger, 1945-70. (English)
• De architectura, ed. C. Fensterbuch, Darmstadt, 1964. (German)
• De architectura, Paris, 1969-73. (French)
• De architectura. Testo latino a fronte, 1999. (Italian)

Translations

• Los diez libros de Arquitectura, trans. & notes Joseph Ortiz i Sanz, Madrid, 1787. (Spanish)
• Dell'architettura, trans. Carlo Amati, Milan, 1829-30, vol. 2. (Italian) Previous translations.
• L'Architecture, trans. Ch.-L. de Maufras, Paris: Panckoucke, 1847. (French) Previous translations.
• Zehn Bücher über Architektur, trans. & notes Franz Reber, Stuttgart: Krais & Hoffmann, 1865. (German) Previous translations.
• The Ten Books on Architecture, trans. Morris H. Morgan, Harvard UP, 1914, 331 pp, IA. (English) Previous translations.
• On Architecture, 1 [Book I-V], ed. & trans. Frank Granger, London: Heinemann, and New York: Putnam, Loeb Classical Library, 1931, 317 pp. (English)

Literature

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

Links

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitruvius
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Vitruvius.aspx