How long does it take to read Ten Books on Architecture?
Vitruvius Pollio, Ph.D. Morgan Morris Hicky, Morris H. Morgan, Herbert Langford Warren, Morris Hicky Morgan, Ingrid D. Rowland, Thomas Noble Howe, Vitruvius, Vitruvius Pollio; Morris Hicky Morgan (trans.), M. H. (Morris Hicky) 1859-1910 Morgan, Herbert Langford 1857-1917 Warren, Vitruvius Vitruvius, Vitruvius Vitruvius Pollio, M. H. Morgan, Ronny Reich, De Bouil, Joseph 1784-1863 Gwilt, Franz Reber, Claude 1613-1688 Perrault, Sébastien 1637-1714 Le Clerc, Daniel 1514-1570 Barbaro, Auguste Aurès, Francesco Lucio Durantino, Benedetto Giovio, Bono Mauro, Ugo Fleres, Giovanni Antonio Rusconi, Bodo Ebhardt, Laura Davidson, Baldassarre Orsini
Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio, Ph.D. Morgan Morris Hicky, Morris H. Morgan, Herbert Langford Warren, Morris Hicky Morgan, Ingrid D. Rowland, Thomas Noble Howe, Vitruvius, Vitruvius Pollio; Morris Hicky Morgan (trans.), M. H. (Morris Hicky) 1859-1910 Morgan, Herbert Langford 1857-1917 Warren, Vitruvius Vitruvius, Vitruvius Vitruvius Pollio, M. H. Morgan, Ronny Reich, De Bouil, Joseph 1784-1863 Gwilt, Franz Reber, Claude 1613-1688 Perrault, Sébastien 1637-1714 Le Clerc, Daniel 1514-1570 Barbaro, Auguste Aurès, Francesco Lucio Durantino, Benedetto Giovio, Bono Mauro, Ugo Fleres, Giovanni Antonio Rusconi, Bodo Ebhardt, Laura Davidson, Baldassarre Orsini takes about 5 hours 58 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 58 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1486. 325 pages, about 89,375 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 56 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 58 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 43 minutes |
The page count is the median across 236 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
De architectura, or On Architecture in English (published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written around 15 BC by the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio as a guide for building projects.
Subjects: Architecture, Water-supply, Water supply, Illustrations, Vitruvius pollio, Drawing
