Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Brunetti, Gaetano, -1758
Title:
Sixty different sorts of ornaments / invented by Gaetano Brunetti, Italian painter ; very useful to painters, sculptors, stone carvers, wood carvers, silversmiths, &c.
Published / Created:
[London] : Publish'd pursuant to an act of Parliament, June ye. 25. 1736.
Physical Description:
[61] leaves of plates : all ill. ; 26 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK1535.B78 S59 1736+ Copy 1

Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK1535.B78 S59 1736+ Copy 2
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Henry Fletcher and John Rocque.

Engraved throughout; last plate is author's receipt for payment with blank spaces for date and name of buyer.

Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, p. 253

BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 bound in smooth calf binding. Copy 2 bound in half calf and original marbled boards, landscape format (20 x 25 cm), some leaves bound in upside down.
Subject Terms:
Decoration and ornament -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Decoration and ornament, Rococo -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Furniture design -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Garden ornaments and furniture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1736.
Contributors:
Fletcher, Henry, active 1715–1738. | Rocque, John, -1762, engraver.