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Le premier tome de l'architecture
Illustrated by: Philibert de L'Orme (French, about 1515–1570)
Author: Philibert de L'Orme (French, about 1515–1570)
Printer: Fédéric Morel (French, 16th century)
Engraver: Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637)
After: Matthäus Gundelach (German, about 1566–1653)
Author: Philibert de L'Orme (French, about 1515–1570)
Printer: Fédéric Morel (French, 16th century)
Engraver: Lucas Kilian (German, 1579–1637)
After: Matthäus Gundelach (German, about 1566–1653)
1568
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 205 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 26 x 5 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
George Nixon Black Fund
Accession Number34.853
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1568
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet II, 578; Fowler 99; Mortimer, French, 356
Description(Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1568) Folio; 305 leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green-stained vellum binding, green cloth box.
Selected illustrations: the architect as a learned man (fol. i3v); the bad architect (Eee1r); the good architect (Eee3r); many diagrams, details, and perspectival renderings.
Selected illustrations: the architect as a learned man (fol. i3v); the bad architect (Eee1r); the good architect (Eee3r); many diagrams, details, and perspectival renderings.
ProvenanceFerdinand Hoffmann (1540-1607), Baron Gruenstein of Grünpühel and Strechau); E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., London, from whom purchased by MFA, October 4, 1934.