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Livre des ouvrages d'orfèvrerie
Engraved by: Louis Cossin (French, 1627–1704)
After: Gilles L'Égaré (French, born about 1610, active 1663–1685)
After: Gilles L'Égaré (French, born about 1610, active 1663–1685)
French
1663
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Engraved title page and 11 engravings
Dimensions
Overall: 26.6 x 21 x 1 cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number29.1889.1-12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: 1663
Catalogue Raisonné
Guilmard, p. 87, no. 24; Berlin 827; Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire 17th, v. 3, p. 104, nos. 1-3; p. 178, nos. 145-53
Description(Paris: 1663) Quarto; 12 leaves; modern marbled paper boards.
Jewelry designs. Most of the plates are attributed to Cossin (Coquin, Cauquin), but three are clearly signed "Collet," and the BN Inventaire catalogues them as such. Some scholars still feel they are another variant of the same engraver. It is also not clear who actually published this set, whether engraver or designer.
Jewelry designs. Most of the plates are attributed to Cossin (Coquin, Cauquin), but three are clearly signed "Collet," and the BN Inventaire catalogues them as such. Some scholars still feel they are another variant of the same engraver. It is also not clear who actually published this set, whether engraver or designer.
ProvenanceGilhofer & Ranschburg, Lucerne, from whom purchased by MFA, March 1929.