Traité Complet D'Architecture, Divisé Par Leçons, D'Après Les Cin Ordres, Tirées Des Meilleurs Architectes, Avec Cent Trent-huit Planches En Taille-Douce, Contenant les Plus beaux Monumens de l'Europe; Par Briseux Auteur... Tome Premier [-Second]

published 1796

Martin Marvie

Artist, French, 1713 - 1813

Johann Georg Wille

Artist, German, 1715 - 1808

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: 35.7 x 26.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 37 x 28.7 x 3.5 cm (14 9/16 x 11 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Accession

1985.61.434

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993