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Livre extraordinaire de architecture de Sébastien Serlio, architecte du Roy tres chrestien. Auquel sont demonstrees trente portes rustiques meslees de divers ordres. Et vingt autres d'oeuvres délicates en diverses especes

Author Sebastiano Serlio Italian
Publisher Nicolas Briol French
Dedicatee Henri II, King of France French

1561

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Title: Livre extraordinaire de architecture de Sébastien Serlio, architecte du Roy tres chrestien. Auquel sont demonstrees trente portes rustiques meslees de divers ordres. Et vingt autres d'oeuvres délicates en diverses especes

Author: Sebastiano Serlio (Italian, Bologna 1475–1554 Fontainebleau)

Publisher: Nicolas Briol , Lyon

Dedicatee: Henri II, King of France (French, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye 1519–1559 Paris)

Published in: Lyon

Date: 1561

Medium: Printed book with woodcut printer's mark and engraved illustrations

Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 11/16 in. (38.7 x 29.2 x 1.8 cm)
Storage: 16 1/8 x 12 3/16 x 1 3/8 in. (41 x 31 x 3.5 cm)

Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941

Accession Number: 41.100.141

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The Idea and Invention of the Villa

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