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Veües des belles maisons de France, etc.

Accession number
PML 77834
Published
Paris : Chez N. Langlois, [not before 1681]
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Herbert Robinson in memory of Alice Robinson, 1983.
Notes
293 prints on 253 leaves in 7 parts, with table of contents on 6 pages in manuscript.
Vues des belles maisons de France [i.e. Paris views]: 20 prints including title, 22 views and 1 map. -- Les places, portes, fontaines, églises et maisons de Paris: 46 prints including title, 43 views and 2 maps. -- Veües des belles maisons des environs de Paris: 30 prints including title and 36 views of Vincennes, Conflans, Saint-Maur, Saint-Cloud, Meudon, etc. -- Veües des plus beaux endroits de Versailles: 44 prints including title, 37 views and 8 plans (one folded). In addition to the views of Versailles are views of Clagny and Marly. -- Veües des belles maisons de France: 53 prints including title, 1 folding plan and 55 views of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Sceaux, Raincy, Choisy, Vaux-le-Vicomte, Fontainebleau, etc. -- Diverses Veües de Chantilly: 41 prints including title, 59 views and 3 plans. -- Veües de Rome et des environs: 18 prints including title and 17 views. -- Also includes a view of San Marco square in Venice and the Escurial in Spain.
"A collection of plates by the Perelle family"--Cf. Mark J. Millard collection.
Library's copy is the Langlois edition with his imprint on a majority of the prints.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth clamshell box.
Description
7 parts in 1 volume, [253] leaves of plates (3 folded) : all illustrations (engravings and etchings) ; 31 x 40 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signature in ink on first title page and 3 rear flyleaves: R. Brydges; 3 sketches of arches by unknown hand in pencil on rear flyleaf; plates number 1-252 in ink with the second plate in the volume unnumbered and skipped in the sequence.
Provenance
R. Brydges; Herbert Robinson.
Binding
Mottled calf with marbled endpapers.
Classification
Department