80-2 - [Versailles]

[Versailles] [Plans, views and ornaments of Versailles] No place or date [Paris 1664-circa 1690] Collection consisting of 100 plates as follows: 2 plans of the Château de Versailles. 3 views and perspectives. 1 plan of the royal house of Versailles. 4 plates of views and perspectives. 1 general plan of the château and small park of Versailles. 11 views and perspectives (château, gardens, fountains). All these plates, executed between 1664 and 1681, are double plates. Following: 41 single plates (years 1672-1681). All engravings are mounted on tabs. This is followed by a set of loose engravings from the same volume; namely 15 single plates (statuary and ornaments), 2 double views of the château and a huge elevation of the Orangerie façade (dim: 51 x 133 cm). Continued: XXX (A. FELIBIEN°) Description of the Versailles grotto. Paris, De l'imprimerie royale, 1676, 11pp accompanied by 19 engraved plates, including 3 doubles (all mounted on tabs). All signed by the most illustrious engravers of the time (Silvestre, le Potre, Chauveau, Audran, Edelinck, Simonneau le jeune, etc.). Set in 1 vol. in folio, bound in full contemporary calf, spine with ornate nerves. The copy is stamped with the royal coat of arms on the boards and the royal cipher on the spine. Apart from the separate plates, the binding is in poor condition (spine partly worn, corners badly worn). A similar set sold on June 19, 2009 showed 102 plates; our copy would therefore be missing 2. Nevertheless, it is common to have some disparities in the number of plates from one collection to another, considering that the definitive ordering of the "King's Cabinet" series was established around 1723/1727. ANCIENT BOOKS