L'Art du Facteur d'Orgues, vol IV

1778

Not on view

This volume is the last of a four part publication by Dom Bédos de Celleson the construction of organs between 1766 and 1778. In addition to the text in letterpress, the volume contains large scientific illustrations. Bédos de Celles was a Benedictine monk and a master pipe organ builder. He was called upon the repair (and more rarely build) organs for churches all over France.

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Title: L'Art du Facteur d'Orgues, vol IV
Author: Dom François-Lamathe Bédos de Celles de Salelles (French)
Draftsman: Louis Jacques Goussier (French, 1722–1799)
Engraver: Pierre Claude Delagardette (French, Paris 1745–1792 Paris)
Engraver: André Jacques Roubo (French, Paris 1739–1791 Paris)
Printer: L. F. Delatour
Date: 1778
Medium: Text printed in letterpress; engraved illustrations
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Olga Raggio in memory of Emanuel Winternitz, 1995
Object Number: 1995.62.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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