Title Page of "Le Grand Commerce ou Le Nouveau Lire Des Changes Estranges" by Bertrand-François Barrême (1640–1703)
date: label: Date
content: 1670–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Beneath a frieze with putti and the coat of arms of a prelate is a cloth with the title as given and "DE M. BARREME / soit pour APPRENDRE A LES FAIRE PAR REGLES / ou soit pour les TROUVER TOUS-FAITS PAR TARIFS, / … / DEDIEZ / A MONSEIGNEUR L'ABBE BIGNON, / Conseiller d'Etat Ordinaire, / President des Academies, / &c." Wrinked putti hold the bottom of the cloth, revealing at bottom a ship with a standard reading "Nec Pluribus / Impar." and with a fleur-de-lys at the helm, on the sea. Below: "Se Vend à Paris 8 livres / Chez Iean Geogroy Nyon Sur le Quay de Conty / PAR PRIVILEGE DU ROY". Framing moulding.
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-22-313
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.1 × 21.8 cm (4 3/4 × 8 9/16 in.)