Accession number
PML 76178-80
Creator
Mariette, Jean, 1660-1742.
Published
Paris : J. Mariette, 1727
Credit line
Gift of Paul Mellon, 1979.
Notes
A collection of 18 plates published by Jean Mariette without t.p., all probably from his larger work L'Architecture francçoise ... issued in 2 vols. in 1727.
Vol. I [Plans d'Escaliers] contains 6 copperplate engravings of garden steps at the Tuileries, at St. Cloud, Luxemburg Palace from the designs of Alexandre Jean Baptiste Le Blond (1679-1719).
Vol. II [Treillages de Jardins] contains 6 copperplate engravings of garden trellises at the Hôtel de Louvois, the garden of St. Cloud after the designs by Le Nôtre (Le Nautre) and Le Blond.
Vol. III [Plans de Bosquets] contains 6 copperplate engravings of shrubberies including those of the Salle des Festins, the Bains d'Apollon, and the Marais d'Eau.
Mellon no.: T81.295.
Vol. I [Plans d'Escaliers] contains 6 copperplate engravings of garden steps at the Tuileries, at St. Cloud, Luxemburg Palace from the designs of Alexandre Jean Baptiste Le Blond (1679-1719).
Vol. II [Treillages de Jardins] contains 6 copperplate engravings of garden trellises at the Hôtel de Louvois, the garden of St. Cloud after the designs by Le Nôtre (Le Nautre) and Le Blond.
Vol. III [Plans de Bosquets] contains 6 copperplate engravings of shrubberies including those of the Salle des Festins, the Bains d'Apollon, and the Marais d'Eau.
Mellon no.: T81.295.
Description
3 v. : all ill., plans ; 44 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: leaf 21. Letter "T" surmounting a small stone tower, flanked by letters "CC" and "D".
Watermark: Countermark: leaf 21. Cross above letters "IHS" and heart below, in circle (Christogram).
Watermark: leaf 22. Letter "T" surmounting a small stone tower, flanked by letters "CC" and "D" side.
Watermark: Countermark: leaf 22. Cross above letters "IHS" and heart below, in circle (Christogram).
Watermark: leaf 62. Building with dovecote, and letters "B (heart) C" at base, three birds on roof
Watermark: leaf 66. Crescent moon below cartouche with letters "B(star) C(star)R" inside.
Watermark: Countermark: leaf 21. Cross above letters "IHS" and heart below, in circle (Christogram).
Watermark: leaf 22. Letter "T" surmounting a small stone tower, flanked by letters "CC" and "D" side.
Watermark: Countermark: leaf 22. Cross above letters "IHS" and heart below, in circle (Christogram).
Watermark: leaf 62. Building with dovecote, and letters "B (heart) C" at base, three birds on roof
Watermark: leaf 66. Crescent moon below cartouche with letters "B(star) C(star)R" inside.
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Mellon.
Binding
Three-quarter red morocco, by ...
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