Traité du beau essential dans les Arts Appliqué Particulierement à l'Architecture, et démontré Phisiquement et par l'Expérience. Avec un traité des proportions Harmoniques...Tome Premier [-Second]

published 1752

Johann Georg Wille

Artist, German, 1715 - 1808

Martin Marvie

Artist, French, 1713 - 1813

Charles Etienne Briseux

Author, French, 1660 - 1754

Medium

2 vols bound in 1: ill part 1: engraved frontispiece by J.G. Wille, and title page by Marvye plus 40 engravings (25 full-page, 12 double-page, 3 folding, versos blank) unsigned; ill part 2: engraved title page by Liebault plus 71 engravings within textand 46 with versos blank, unsigned
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Dimensions

page size: 31 x 23.7 cm (12 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 32.1 x 25 x 5.4 cm (12 5/8 x 9 13/16 x 2 1/8 in.)
Accession

1985.61.433

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bookplate of Charles Edouard Mewes; Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

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Bibliography

1993