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Hugues Sambin ; Demeurant a Dijon / A Lyon, Par Jean Durant : Oeuvre / Oevvre De La Diversite Des Termes Dont on Vse / Use En Architecture Reduict En Ordre : Par Maistre Huges Sambin Demeurant a Dijon [Art History, Statues in French Architexture, Sculpure study]

A Lyon : Par Jean Durant 1572, A Bound / Flex Cover / REPRINT

~~ SCARCE EDITION ~~. 85 pages. Softcover reprinted edition in very good condition, this book has card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Modern facsimile replica of the original text / work / manuscript / book. Privately published. Archival reprint. This book is not old, however, there is no other publication date other than of the original text. Most likely produced for research purposes since the original text is fragile or very rare. Both book and text are clean and unmarked. Overall a very good copy of this scarce title. Excellent reading resource, research or study. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. This is NOT a mass market paperback, or mass produced book. TEXT is only in FRENCH. About the author, excerpted from Wikipedia: Hugues Sambin ; ca 1520 to 1601 ; was a French sculptor, trained as a menuisier or wood-worker; as a designer of Mannerist ornament his published designs, such as La diversité des termes ; ; The Diversity of Therm figures ; ; Lyon, 1572, inspired luxury furnishings, such as dressoires, armoires and cabinets. Its preface was signed ; Hugues Sambin, Architecteur en la ville de Dijon ; . As an architect, he worked on the designs for temporary festive structures for the Royal entry into Dijon of Henri II and that of Charles IX ; 1564 ; , for which Sambin was coordinator; in more lasting commissions, he built the Hôtel de ville of Besançon and the structure that is palais de Justice at Dijon, built to house the Parlement of Burgundy ; ; 1572 ; . Archival references have recently revealed that he had spent six months in 1544 working at the Château de Fontainebleau, where the French Mannerist style was being rapidly evolved and perfected among the painters and stucco workers and engravers of the School of Fontainebleau. The somewhat hectic and overcharged style of Hugues Sambin was one of the models employed in the Renaissance revival styles of the second half of the nineteenth century. An exhibition at the Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d'Écouen, October 2001 to January 2002, and the catalogue, Hugues Sambin ; Un Créateur au XVIe siècle ; vers 1520-1601 ; Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, curator ; revived interest in the craftsman-designer, who was trained as a menuisier or wood worker. LIMITED EDITION, no 85 of 250 copies. Illustr.: Illustrated with b/w Illustrations. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

Facsimile Replica Edition

Hugues Sambin ; Demeurant a Dijon / A Lyon, Par Jean Durant : Oeuvre / Oevvre De La Diversite Des Termes Dont on Vse / Use En Architecture Reduict En Ordre : Par Maistre Huges Sambin Demeurant a Dijon

MODERN REPRINT (undated replica) : A Lyon : Par Jean Durant 1572 (Library Archive)

Architecture / Design / Examples. 85 pages. Softcover reprint edition in very good condition, this book has glossy card covers with cloth spine. Very slight wear to edges. Undated modern facsimile / replica of the original work. Privately published for library archive. Lovely archival reprint. This book is modern -- not the antique original -- however, it has been concisely reproduced by a library for research purposes. Original manuscripts often in a fragile state or very rare. Both book and text are clean and unmarked. Overall a very wonderful high quality edition of this scarce title. Stated limited edition of 250. ---- About the author, excerpted from Wikipedia: Hugues Sambin ; ca 1520 to 1601 ; was a French sculptor, trained as a menuisier or wood-worker; as a designer of Mannerist ornament his published designs, such as La diversité des termes ; ; The Diversity of Therm figures ; ; Lyon, 1572, inspired luxury furnishings, such as dressoires, armoires and cabinets. Its preface was signed ; Hugues Sambin, Architecteur en la ville de Dijon ; . As an architect, he worked on the designs for temporary festive structures for the Royal entry into Dijon of Henri II and that of Charles IX ; 1564 ; , for which Sambin was coordinator; in more lasting commissions, he built the Hôtel de ville of Besançon and the structure that is palais de Justice at Dijon, built to house the Parlement of Burgundy ; ; 1572 ; . Archival references have recently revealed that he had spent six months in 1544 working at the Château de Fontainebleau, where the French Mannerist style was being rapidly evolved and perfected among the painters and stucco workers and engravers of the School of Fontainebleau. The somewhat hectic and overcharged style of Hugues Sambin was one of the models employed in the Renaissance revival styles of the second half of the nineteenth century. An exhibition at the Musée National de la Renaissance, Château d'Écouen, October 2001 to January 2002, and the catalogue, Hugues Sambin ; Un Créateur au XVIe siècle ; vers 1520-1601 ; Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, curator ; revived interest in the craftsman designer, who was trained as a menuisier or wood worker.. Illustr.: Illustrated. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

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