Universae Architecturae Civilis Elementa...; Materia Tentaminis Publici...

published 1756

Christian Rieger (author)

Associated Names
Christian Rieger

Author, Austrian, active 1756

This is a photograph of a closed, old hardcover book with a brown leather cover. The image shows the front cover of the book, bound in textured brown leather. The cover has a rich hue with dark speckles, indicating wear. The edges are slightly worn, suggesting usage. A sheet of yellowed paper is peeking out from the book. The image emphasizes the material qualities of the leather.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    1 vol: ill: etched and engraved frontispiece and title page vignette plus 15 etching and engravings (folding, unsigned, versos blank), 7 head-pieces, and 5 tail-pieces (1 by J.C. Schwab) and letterpress text

  • Credit Line

    Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

  • Dimensions

    page size: 24.6 x 18.2 cm (9 11/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
    overall size (volume closed): 25.3 x 19.9 x 5.7 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1983.49.87

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1998

  • Mallgrave et al. 1998, no. 107

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