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
  • Object Number: 41.100.141
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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