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Den eersten (-vijfsten) boeck van architecturen

1546, 1549, 1553
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Object Information
  • Title: Den eersten (-vijfsten) boeck van architecturen
  • Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, Bologna 1475–1554 Fontainebleau)
  • Artist: Hendrick Hondius I (Netherlandish, Duffel 1573–1650 Amsterdam)
  • Printer: Gillis Coppens van Diest (Flemish)
  • Publisher: Pieter Coecke van Aelst (Netherlandish, Aelst 1502–1550 Brussels)
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: 1546, 1549, 1553
  • Medium: Printed books with woodcut illustrations
  • Dimensions: 13 1/2 in. × 10 in. × 1 3/4 in. (34.3 × 25.4 × 4.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.100.145
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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