De Architectura is an Encyclopedic Essay written by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, the Architect of the Emperor Octavian Augustus, former Military Engineer of Julius Caesar. Here are listed some rare books about it.
Authored by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Via De Architectura, Book VI
You could find two versions whom may be worth to buy but the 1960’s edition of “Ten Books on Architecture: With Illustrations & Original Designs” by Vitruvius, published by Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books, is a rare and valuable book among ten thousand.
This edition is notable for its inclusion of original illustrations and designs, which provide a unique insight into the architectural principles and practices of the ancient Roman Empire.
The book is a comprehensive guide to architecture, covering topics such as the principles of design, the use of materials, and the construction of buildings.
It is a hardcover publication, measuring 6.69 x 0.75 x 9.61 inches in size, and contains 326 pages of text and illustrations.
This edition is highly sought after by collectors and scholars of architecture, and is considered a valuable addition to any library or personal collection.
The book’s value lies not only in its historical significance but also in its continued relevance to modern architectural design and practice.
In conclusion, the 1960 edition of “Ten Books on Architecture: With Illustrations & Original Designs” by Vitruvius, published by Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books, is a rare and valuable book that provides a unique insight into the architectural principles and practices of the ancient Roman Empire.
The one translated by Gwilt is on paperback and is also rare.
[…]Furthermore, it is because of the rarity of the atmosphere that the Southern Nations, with their keen intelligence due to heat, are very free and quick in drawing up patterns, while the Northern Nations, being enveloped in a dense atmosphere and cooled by the humidity of the obstructing air, they have only a slow intelligence. That this is so, we can see from the case of snakes. Their movements are more active in the hot season, when they have freed themselves from the cold due to humidity, while at the winter solstice and during the winter season they are frozen by the change in temperature and made torpid and immobile. It is therefore not surprising that man’s intelligence is made stronger by hot air and duller by cold.
It’s true, it was discovered by scientists in the 80s that heating the skull has a boost effect on cognitive activities.
I remember in middle school before tackling math homework I would heat my head with a hairdryer. All assigned mathematical tasks were thus solved with a grade of 9.
10. But even though the Southern Nations have the sharpest intelligence and are infinitely intelligent in forming patterns, yet the moment valor is shown, they succumb because all the virility of the spirit is sucked away by the sun. On the other hand, men born in cold countries are indeed more ready to face the shock of weapons with great courage and without timidity, but their ingenuity is so slow that they will rush to the charge in an unconscious and inexperienced way, thus defeating the own strategies. This being the disposition of the nature of the universe, and all these nations being formed with assigned temperaments which lack in due moderation, the truly perfect territory, situated under the center of the heavens, and having on every side the entire extent of world and its countries, is that which is occupied by the Roman people.
11. Indeed, the races of Italy are the most perfectly constituted in both respects: in bodily form and in mental activity to correspond to their value. Just as the planet Jupiter is itself temperate, its course is located halfway between Mars, which is very hot, and Saturn, which is very cold, so Italy, located between the north and the south, is a combination of what lies on each side and its prominence is well regulated and indisputable. And so with his wisdom he breaks the courageous insurgents of the barbarians, and with his strength of hand he hinders the strategies of the southerners. Thus, it was divine intelligence that placed the city of the Roman people in an unparalleled and temperate country, so that it could acquire the right to command the entire world.
