Accession number
PML 139027-31
Creator
Du Sommerard, Alexandre, 1779-1842.
Published
Paris : Hôtel de Cluny, 1838-1846.
Credit line
Bequest; Gordon N. Ray; 1987.
Notes
Issued in 10 series; arranged in the album in 9 classes: Monumens religieux; monumens civils; mobiliers civils et religieux; sculptures; peintures; miniatures, manuscrits, dessins; tapisseries; émaux, autels d'or; armes, armures, fers.
Atlas and album have engraved t.p.'s.
The 509 lithographic plates comprising the atlas and album include b&w, hand colored, and chromolithographic plates by E. Du Sommerard, Victor Petit, Ch. Fichot, Emile Sagot, and many others, chiefly printed by Lith. de A. Godard, Lemercier Benard et Cie, and Lith. de Thierry Freres, with the chromolithographs primarily printed by Engelmann & Graf.
Vol. 5 is by E. Du Sommerard, and has imprint: Paris, Chez les principaux libraires et marchands d'estampes de la France et de l'étranger, 1846.
"Imprimerie de Vinchon"--Colophon.
Library's copy of the album of 402 plates, issued in 10 series, is bound in 5 volumes and lacks the engraved t.p.
Atlas and album have engraved t.p.'s.
The 509 lithographic plates comprising the atlas and album include b&w, hand colored, and chromolithographic plates by E. Du Sommerard, Victor Petit, Ch. Fichot, Emile Sagot, and many others, chiefly printed by Lith. de A. Godard, Lemercier Benard et Cie, and Lith. de Thierry Freres, with the chromolithographs primarily printed by Engelmann & Graf.
Vol. 5 is by E. Du Sommerard, and has imprint: Paris, Chez les principaux libraires et marchands d'estampes de la France et de l'étranger, 1846.
"Imprimerie de Vinchon"--Colophon.
Library's copy of the album of 402 plates, issued in 10 series, is bound in 5 volumes and lacks the engraved t.p.
Description
5 v. 25 cm + atlas (107 leaves of plates : part col. ; 55 cm) + album (402 leaves of plates : part col. ; 55 cm).
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Full red morocco by Baum; text volumes (PML 139027-31) in slipcase; oversize album and atlas (PML 146670-75) have original lithographic series wrappers bound in.
Classification
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