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Beschryvinghe van de vijf Colomnen van Architecture...Geconterfeyt met alle vlijt, naer de rechte Simmetrie ende Bouw-konst door den wijt-beroemden Mr. Hans Bloem..

Author Hans Blum German
Printer Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
1634
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  • Title: Beschryvinghe van de vijf Colomnen van Architecture...Geconterfeyt met alle vlijt, naer de rechte Simmetrie ende Bouw-konst door den wijt-beroemden Mr. Hans Bloem..
  • Author: Hans Blum (German, born 1525)
  • Artist: Wendel Dietterlin, the Elder (German, Pfullendorf 1550/51–ca. 1599 Strasbourg)
  • Printer: Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1634
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Overall: 12 x 8 1/16 x 1/4 in. (30.5 x 20.5 x 0.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979
  • Object Number: 1979.571.41
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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