Livre d'Architecture contenant plusieurs partiques de differentes inventiones sur les cinq ordres de colonnes

Designer Designed by Alexandre Francine French

Abraham Bosse French

Publisher Published by Melchior Tavernier French

1631

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Title: Livre d'Architecture contenant plusieurs partiques de differentes inventiones sur les cinq ordres de colonnes
Designer: Designed by Alexandre Francine (French (born Italy), died 1648)
Artist: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris)
Publisher: Published by Melchior Tavernier (French (born Flanders), Antwerp 1564–1641 Paris) , Paris
Published in: Paris
Date: 1631
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Overall: 16 7/8 x 10 13/16 x 3/4 in. (42.8 x 27.5 x 1.9 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
Object Number: 40.67
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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