A Booke of Architecture Containing Seeling Peeces Chimny Peeces & Several Sorts Usefull for Carpenters Joyners Carvers Painters invented by J. Barbet

Various artists/makers

1670

Not on view

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Title: A Booke of Architecture Containing Seeling Peeces Chimny Peeces & Several Sorts Usefull for Carpenters Joyners Carvers Painters invented by J. Barbet
Designer: Jean Barbet (French, 1605–1654)
Designer: Jean Le Pautre (French, Paris 1618–1682 Paris)
Designer: Francesco Fanelli (Italian, born Florence 1577, active Genoa (1605–30) and England (1632–39))
Publisher: Robert Pricke (British, ca. 1642–1708)
Published in: London
Date: 1670
Medium: Illustrations: engraving, etching
Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 9/16 in. (30.2 x 19.7 x 1.4 cm)
Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.6.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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