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Le diverse et artificiose machine

(Italian, about 1531–1590)
(French, c. 1561–c. 1635)
(French, about 1537–about 1598)
(Italian, about 1531–1590)
1588
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniqueIllustrated book with engraved title and 195 engravings
DimensionsOverall: 33.4 x 24.5 x 4.8 cm (13 1/8 x 9 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer
Accession number57.709
On View
On view
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Description
Paris: for the author, 1588
ProvenanceCarl König (architect), (b. 1841 - d. 1915; cf. Lugt 583 --- signature on front pastedown; collector's mark "CK" on title probably his, too), Vienna. By 1957, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hofer (Philip: b. 1898 - d. 1984), Cambridge,MA ; 1957, given by the Hofers to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 14, 1957)
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1604
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1624
Girard Thibault
1628
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about 1602
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