Explication des termes d'architecture qui comprend l'architecture les mathematiques la geometrie, la mecanique, l'hydrolique, le dessin, la peinture, la sculpture, les mesures, les instruments, la coutume, &c
Artwork Details
- Title: Explication des termes d'architecture qui comprend l'architecture les mathematiques la geometrie, la mecanique, l'hydrolique, le dessin, la peinture, la sculpture, les mesures, les instruments, la coutume, &c
- Author: Charles Augustin d'Aviler (France, 1653–1700)
- Engraver: Title page engraved by Jean-Baptiste Corneille (French, Paris 1649–1695 Paris)
- Engraver: Head piece engraved by Daniel Marot the Elder (French, Paris 1661–1752 The Hague)
- Engraver: Engraved by Juan Dolivar (Spanish, Zaragoza 1641–1692 Paris)
- Engraver: Pierre Le Pautre (French, ca. 1660–1744)
- Publisher: Nicolas Langlois (French, Paris 1640–1703)
- Dedicatee: Marquis de Louvoius (French, 1641–1691)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1691
- Medium: Printed book with engraved and etched illustrations
- Dimensions: Overall: 8 9/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. (21.8 x 16.5 x 4 cm)
Storage: 9 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (24 x 19 x 5.5 cm) - Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
- Object Number: 41.100.61.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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