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Cabinet des singularitez dárchitecture, peinture, sculpture, et graveure : ou, Introduction a la connoissance des plus beaux arts, figurés sous les tableaux, les statuës, & les estampes

Le Comte, Florent, -1712 · 1699 · Paris : N. Le Clerc · 11 pictures

Cabinet des singularitez is a 1699 Paris art compendium by Florent Le Comte, published by N. Le Clerc, introducing architecture, painting, sculpture and engraving to educated readers. Its pictures are small black-and-white woodcut ornaments, mostly symmetrical cartouches of foliage, scrollwork, masks and putti framing a central figure or motif, offering designers ready models for decorative borders, vignettes and tailpieces.

Art · Artists · Art -- Early works to 1800

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