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1949

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Print, Plate 5, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière

This is a Print. It was print maker: Etienne Joseph Daudet and published by Count Nicolas Grollier de Seviere. It is dated 1732 and we acquired it in 1949. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. George A. Kubler. It is credited Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler.

Its dimensions are

21.6 × 16.3 cm (8 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Engraver's name, lower left.

It is inscribed

Inscribed: Figures 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23.

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 5, from Recueil d'ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique, ou description du cabinet de Monsieur Grollier de Servière; Print Maker: Etienne Joseph Daudet (French, active 1684 - 1719); Published by Count Nicolas Grollier de Seviere; France; engraving on paper; 21.6 × 16.3 cm (8 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. George A. Kubler; 1949-152-114

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