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Jousse, Mathurin, 1607- · 1627 · A La Fleche : Chez Georges Griveau Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy · 94 pictures

Mathurin Jousse's 1627 French treatise on locksmithing, printed at La Flèche for practising metalworkers, sets out the craft's principles, operations and tempering methods. The pictures are black-and-white woodcut ornamental friezes of scrolling acanthus, masks, grotesques and interlaced foliage, which a designer could adapt as border strips, panel dividers or decorative metalwork patterns.

Metal-work · Locks and keys

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library