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In this edition the title page was lettered 'Imprimé pour Jacques Androuet du Cerceau'. A second edition was then published around 1580, with the original 66 plates but with a new text and title page, the latter retaining the original publication date (i.e. 1561) but now lettered ' De l'imprimerie d'André Wechel'. \r\n\r\nThe V&A museum's volume contains all 66 plates but is missing its title page etc. A facsimile of the title page from the Latin edition (published the same year and not <i>De Architectvra</i> as it might suggest), has been bound with the volume, probably when it was re-bound on its acquisition in 1903. It is therefore not entirely clear whether this volume is the first, second or Latin edition, though Guillaume and Fuhring et. al (Paris, 2010) note that the second edition was printed on thinner paper than the first.\r\n\r\nFor more on these two editions see Guillaume and Fuhring et. al., 2010, p. 315.\r\n\r\nThe NAL holds editions of the following works by Androuet Du Cerceau:\r\n\r\nDe architectvra (Paris, 1559-61)\r\nLeçons de perspective positive (Paris, 1576)\r\nLivre d'Architecture (Paris,1582) and later editions\r\nLivre des Edifices antiques Romains (1584)\r\n\r\nSarah Grant","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, 1 of 66 plates of designs for chimney-pieces, monuments, fountains, etc, French, c. 1561-1580.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Androuet Du Cerceau, J. <u>Second livre d'architecture</u>, Paris, 1561"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Meyer, Julius, et al. <u>Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, unter Mitwirkung der namhaftesten Fachgelehrten des In- und Auslandes</u> (Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1872-1885): vol. 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