Architectura Curiosa Nova, Exponens 1. Fundamenta hydragogica, indolemq; aquae, aëris interventu in altum levandae. 2. Varios aquarum ac salientum fontium lusus per varia spectatu jucunda epistomiorum seu Siphonum genera. 3. Magnum amoenissimorum fontium, machinarumq; aquaeductoriarum sumtu magno exstructarum, ac per Italiam, Galliam, Britanniam, Germaniam &c. visendarum, numerum. 4. Specus artificiales sumtuosissmas, cum plerisq; Principum Europaeorum Palatis, hortis, aulis; nec non praecipuis monasteriis atq; arcibus. 5. Cum auctario figurarum elegantissimarum, ad hortorum topiaria vario ductu dividenda, nec non conclavium laquearibus ac pavimentis segmentandis, itemq; Labyrinthis construendis, adhibendarum...
published 1664
Georg Andreas Böckler
Author, German, c. 1644 - 1698
Balthasar Schwan
Artist, German, died 1624
Abraham Aubry
Artist, French, active 1650/1682
Artwork overview
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Medium
4 parts in 1 vol: ill: first title page by Abraham Aubry, plus 3 divisional title pages and 200 etching and engravings (1 folding, rest full-page, versos blank), 1 signed by Balthasar Schwan
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 35 x 22.5 cm (13 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1983.49.10
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Charles Frédéric Mewes. Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1983.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1998
Mallgrave et al. 1998, no. 7.