Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v6.c41.s4.25

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¹ *See* Gwilt (XV—XXV) for fuller details of the following : *Latin editions*— 1486—*Editio princeps*, printed at Rome by George Herolt begins, without title, *Sulpitius lectori salutem*. Polenus says, ‘There are but few errors in this edition.’ 1496—Printed at Florence. According to Fabricus the orthography of this edition is more correct than in the preceding one. 1497—The name of the editor does not appear. With a few slight variations this is little more than a reprint of the Florence edition. In this the chapters of the first book are differently divided from those of the two former editions. 1511—This is the first illustrated edition. It contains many wood-blocks and figures. Jocundus, the editor, altered the text of the two former editions in many places. 1513—The figures in this edition are the same as in the preceding, but considerably reduced and more imperfectly kept. 1522—This is a reprint of the preceding edition with the same blocks for the figures. 1523—This was probably edited by Will. Hayon of Lyons. This is a counterpart of the Giunta edition. Some of its figures are taken from the first Italian edition of 1521, which is noticed hereinafter. 1543—The text is nearly the same as that of Jocundus. The figures of the wood-blocks are partly borrowed from the Giunta edition and partly from the Italian edition of 1521. 1550—The text is the same as that of 1543 edition. But it contains notes of Philander which were first published at Rome in 1544. 1552—‘Philander himself superintended this edition, chiefly following the Giunta text, which he collated with several MSS. The wood-blocks are better than in any preceding edition.’ 1567—Darbaro in this seems to have mostly followed Philander’s edition of 1552. 1586—Harwood says that ‘the editor of this edition was Jo. Tornaesious, junior, and that it is more correct, though less elegant, than that produced by the father in 1552.’ 1649—With commentary of Meibomius on those chapters relating to musical notation. This was the best edition of the author produced at that time. ‘De Laet professes to follow the text of Philander’s edition but neither was this accurately done, nor were the notes of Philander, nor the Lexicon of Baldus, given entire, as the title would import.’ 1758—By Marchese Berardo Galiani at Naples, with an Italian version noticed under the Italian editions. Harwood says that this is ‘a fair and valuable edition.’ 1800—The text of this edition is of little value, nor its plates well executed. It has notes appended, but it contains the glossary in five languages. 1807—It contains notes. 1807—In the same year another edition was published. The second and third volumes are devoted to commentaries on the text. It contains, however, no plates. ‘This is the best edition of the author which has appeared.’ *Italian editions*— 1521—This is one of the earliest and rarest versions of Vitruvius. It was translated, with the assistance of Benedict Jovius, by Caesar Caesarianus, who was one of the architects of the Cathedral of Milan. One of the plates contains a plan and two sections of this Cathedral.