Main entry:

Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584, artist.

Title & Author:

[Grands temples].

Publication:

[Orleans?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1550 and 1600?]

Description:

[50] leaves of plates : all illustrations (engravings), plans ; 40 cm

Notes:
50 leaves of engravings. No title-page or text, as published.
Title from: Bibliothèque nationale (France). Cabinet des estampes. Inventaire du fonds français.
Attributed to Jacques Androuet du Cerceau.
Geymüller calls for 52 plates.
Bound with: Serlio, Sebastiano, "Extraordinario libro di architettura di Sebastiano Serlio...," Lyons, 1551. OS8
Bibliothèque nationale (France). Cabinet des estampes. Inventaire du fonds français. Graveurs du seizième siècle, 1932, v. 1, p. 57
Geymüller, H. Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre, p. 308

Summary:

One of the earliest sets of Androuet's architectural engravings which he published while residing in Orleans. It contains, numbered from A to R, temples in the antique style, shown in plans, sections, and elevations. Like all of Androuet's early sets, this is very rare.

Subject:

Temples Designs and plans Early works to 1800.
Engraving
Fortification
Temples
Castles (fortifications)

Form/genre:

Engravings (prints)
Early works

Added entries:

Also called: Temples et habitations fortifiées
[Plans of temples]

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 186547
Call No.: NA44.S485.A74 1547
Status: Available