On the Art of Building in Ten Books
Cambridge: MIT, 1989, 1988. Alberti's "De re aedificatoria", the first modern (1450) treatise on the theory and practice of architecture, translated by Joseph Rykwert, Neil Leach, and Robert Tavenor. Second prtg.; 25 cm; 442 pp.; illustrated from plans and drawings. Bookseller label to rear pastedown; else a very good copy.....