Versailles illustrated; or, Divers views of the several parts of the royal palace of Versailles; as likewise of all the fountains, groves, parterras, ye labyrinth & other ye most beautiful parts of the gardens, wherein are represented whatever is remarkable, whether statues, groups of figures, water falls, pleasure houses &c. Drawn on the spot by the order & with the approbation of the French king.

Accession number

PML 53013

Published

London, Printed & sold by John Bowles, at the Black Horse in Cornhill, [between 1740 and 1774].

Credit line

Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.

Notes

Not in Thième-Becker.
BM 248, 43.
No text.
Plates z-ff: The fables of Aesop as represented by divers fountains in the famous labyrinth at Versailles.
According to Plomer, Printers and Booksellers ... from 1726 to 1775, Bowles was at this address from ?1740. In 1775 his son Carrington joined the firm which was styled John Bowles & Son.

Description

30 plates : all illus. 28 cm.

Provenance

From the collection of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr..

Classification

Book

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Printed Books