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Les plans, profils, et elevations, des ville, et château de Versailles, avec les bosquets, et fontaines, tels quils sont a present; levez sur les lieux, dessinez et gravez en 1714 et 1715 : dédiez au roi

 
HOLLIS Number
Contributors
Mortain, Gilles de, active 18th century
Publication
A Paris: Chez Demortain pont Notre-Dame, aux belles Estampes, [1716]

Description

Digital Facsimile

2 pts. in 1 v. : all ill. (some folded), plans

The work seems to have been put together from various groups of plates; item is bound in a variety of ways.

Pierre Lepautre's work has title page title: Les plans, coupes, profils et elevations de la chapelle du chasteau royal de Versailles.

Title and all plates are etched and engraved throughout.

Designs on plates by various artists, including Pierre Le Pautre & Israel Sylvestre; includes also plans and views of Marly and the Trianon.

Many plates are folded.

Some plates dated 1714 or 1715.

Plate captions in French, some in French and Latin.

 

Language

French, Latin
 

Subject

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France); Château de Marly-le-Roi (Marly-le-Roi, France); Grand Trianon (Versailles, France); Architecture -- France -- Versailles; Gardens -- France -- Versailles; Fountains -- France -- Versailles; Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France)