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Le tresor des merueilles de la maison royale de Fontainebleau : contenant la description de son antiquité, de sa fondation, de ses bastimens, de ses rares peintures, tableaux, emblemes, & deuises : de ses iardins, de ses fontaines, & autres singularitez qui s'y voyent ...

Dan, Pierre, d. 1649, Francini, Thomas, 1571-1651, Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676, Lasne, Michel, ca. 1590-1667 · 1642 · A Paris : Chez Sebastien Cramoisy ... · 78 pictures

A 1642 Paris folio by Père Pierre Dan describing the château of Fontainebleau — its history, buildings, paintings, emblems, gardens and fountains — printed by Sébastien Cramoisy with plates by Abraham Bosse and Michel Lasne for court and antiquarian readers. Alongside engraved views and plans sit square woodcut initials in which letters are built from foliage, grotesque masks and scrollwork, usable as drop caps, border motifs or stamp-like ornaments.

Château de Fontainebleau (Fontainebleau, France) · Architecture, Renaissance · Decoration and ornament, Architectural

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