Leon Batista Alberti On the Art of Building in Ten Books

Soft copy. Excellent Condition Leon Batista Alberti On the Art of Building in Ten Books Translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, Robert Tavernor De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.