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[RELIURE AUX ARMES]. [GRAVURE]. [VERSAILLES]. SILVESTRE (Israël), LEPAUTRE
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[BINDING WITH ARMS]. [ENGRAVING]. [VERSAILLES]. SILVESTRE (Israël), LEPAUTRE (Jean) Collection of 104 large plates engraved on copper at the end of the 17th century, mostly by I. Silvestre or J. Lepautre, illustrating the park and château of Versailles.
In-folio, contemporary brown calf, 6-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, gilt edges, gilt arms on boards (flaws including worn corners, one cap shaved, jaws partly split| marginal russeting and browning).
1 unsigned plan published by Demortain. - 12 plates drawn and engraved by Israël Silvestre (plans, perspectives and views of gardens and buildings), dated between 1664 and 1684. - 3 plates engraved by Lepautre. - 9 plates published by Le Blond concerning the orangery and stables, including a garden plan of the orangery with movable rooms. - 1 small view of the large stable published by Langlois, mounted. - 21 plates of sculptures, engraved by Audran or Edelinck, dated between 1679 and 1681. - 18 plates of fountains, engraved by Lepautre, dated between 1673 and 1679. - 2 double plates of fountains, one by Simonneau after Cotelle, 1689, the other drawn and engraved by L. de Chastillon, 1683. - 9 plates of busts on columns, by Lepautre, 1674. - 6 plates of flowerpots and 2 of sphinxes, by Lepautre, 1672-1673.
And finally the work by FÉLIBIEN, Description de la grotte de Versailles, Paris, Impr. royale, 1679, [1] f., 11 p., 20 plates by Lepautre, Picart, Chauveau (wetness on title and margins of plates). At the very end, 2 unsigned engravings, showing the interior and profile of the Chapelle royale.
PROVENANCE
N. Delpech, Marquis de Méréville, Conseiller au Parlement de Paris (arms on boards, OHR 392).
(Brunet, I, 1442-1443)
In-folio, contemporary brown calf, 6-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, gilt edges, gilt arms on boards (flaws including worn corners, one cap shaved, jaws partly split| marginal russeting and browning).
1 unsigned plan published by Demortain. - 12 plates drawn and engraved by Israël Silvestre (plans, perspectives and views of gardens and buildings), dated between 1664 and 1684. - 3 plates engraved by Lepautre. - 9 plates published by Le Blond concerning the orangery and stables, including a garden plan of the orangery with movable rooms. - 1 small view of the large stable published by Langlois, mounted. - 21 plates of sculptures, engraved by Audran or Edelinck, dated between 1679 and 1681. - 18 plates of fountains, engraved by Lepautre, dated between 1673 and 1679. - 2 double plates of fountains, one by Simonneau after Cotelle, 1689, the other drawn and engraved by L. de Chastillon, 1683. - 9 plates of busts on columns, by Lepautre, 1674. - 6 plates of flowerpots and 2 of sphinxes, by Lepautre, 1672-1673.
And finally the work by FÉLIBIEN, Description de la grotte de Versailles, Paris, Impr. royale, 1679, [1] f., 11 p., 20 plates by Lepautre, Picart, Chauveau (wetness on title and margins of plates). At the very end, 2 unsigned engravings, showing the interior and profile of the Chapelle royale.
PROVENANCE
N. Delpech, Marquis de Méréville, Conseiller au Parlement de Paris (arms on boards, OHR 392).
(Brunet, I, 1442-1443)