Main entry:

Sambin, Hugues, 1520?-1601?

Title & Author:

Oevvre de la diversite des termes, dont on vse en archítecture, reduict en ordre. Par Maistre Huges Sambin ...

Publication:

A Lyon, Par Iean Dvrant, 1572.

Description:

76 pages, 1 leaf illustrations 33 cm

Notes:
37 full-page woodcuts including historiated architectural border on t.p.; probably designed and cut by the author.
"Imprimé à Lyon par Iean Marcorelle. 1572"--Colophon.
Title placed within an elaborate architectural border with two terms. It incorporates the arms of Léonor Chabot, comte de Charny, to whom the work is dedicated. Near the top of the border is the date 1571, not 157 as in the copy described by Mortimer. The 18 pairs of woodcut male and female terms appear on the 2nd & 3rd and the 6th & 7th pages of the 8-page gatherings. Letterpress explanations follow each pair on the 4th and 8th pages, while the 1st and 5th pages are blank except for headlines and signatures. Head and tail pieces. One criblé initial.
Signatures: A-K⁴.
Cicognara, 2176
Mortimer, R. French 16th-cent., 481

Summary:

This first edition architectural treatise was written by Hugues Sambin (1520-1601). His treatise contained columns, decorations, architectural details, and ornamentation. The work was first published in Lyon in 1572, by Jean Durant. It was also printed in Lyon by Jean Marcorelle. The published designs in the treatise inspired luxury furnishings, such as dressoirs, armoires, and cabinets.

Subject:

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Architecture Details.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux.
Architecture Détails.
architectural ornament.

Form/genre:

terms (sculpture)
woodcuts (prints)
Early works
Woodcuts.

Added entries:

Durant, Jean, active 1557-1585, publisher.
Marcorelle, Jean, active 1566-1576, printer.
France Lyon,

Oeuvre de la diversite des termes, dont on use en architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 29430
Call No.: 3569
Status: Available