Title Page of Second Book of Architecture
Fuhring dates title page of this edition to 1580:
"Dans les exemplaires où 'Imprimé pour Jaques Androuet du Cerceau' [as is this case with this title page, 36.562.2 (1)] remplace 'De l'imprimerie d'André Wechel', le matériel typographique du titre et du texte peut être daté vers 1580" [see: Fuhring 2010, p. 315]
"Dans les exemplaires où 'Imprimé pour Jaques Androuet du Cerceau' [as is this case with this title page, 36.562.2 (1)] remplace 'De l'imprimerie d'André Wechel', le matériel typographique du titre et du texte peut être daté vers 1580" [see: Fuhring 2010, p. 315]
Artwork Details
- Title: Title Page of Second Book of Architecture
- Series/Portfolio: Second Livre d'Architecture
- Artist: Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau (French, Paris 1510/12–1585 Annecy)
- Publisher: André Wechel , for J.A. DuCerceau, Paris
- Published in: Paris
- Date: ca. 1580
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (32.7 × 21.8 cm)
- Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture, Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.562.2(1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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