Diverses Pieces de Serruriers, title page (recto)

Jean Berain French
 Gabriel Ladame French
 After Hugues Brisville

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Engravings by Jean I Berain, French, Saint-Mihiel 1640-1711 Paris and Gabriel Ladame, French, active 1645-68. Designs published by Francois Langlois after Hughes Brisville, French, born ca. 1633, active Paris 1663.
Illustrated engraved title page that is in the shape of a rectangle. Title is printed in black ink at the center of the page. Encircling the title is a decorative oval frame, which is characterized by two twisting vines that transform into the upper bodies of human figures. At the top of the oval is a winged grotesque head and at the bottom is a lion's head to which the ends of the vines attach. At the very top of the design is a coat of arms flanked at the sides by two lions and at the top by a frieze of armor and foliage. Along the bottom edge of the design is an illustration of houses within a landscape.

Diverses Pieces de Serruriers, title page (recto), Jean Berain (French, Saint-Mihiel 1640–1711 Paris), Engraving

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