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Livre nouveau de fleurs tres-util pour l'art d'orfevrerie, et autres

by Nicolas Cochin

FlowersPictorial worksDecoration and ornamentPlant formsFlowers in artBotanical illustrationPattern booksEarly works to 1800

"Title page": horizontal panel with the text in an ornate cartouche suspended from a garland, with a mask above and cornucopias at bottom, below, a formal garden with figures walking in the forefront and a fountain at center, a building is seen at the far left; twelve plates with rows of flowers above friezes with landscape--Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, description.

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Book data: Open Library