Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornemens du chateau & parc de Versailles /
le tout gravé d'après les originaux par Simon Thomassin, graveur du roy ; avec les explications en François, Latin, Italien & Hollandois.

Description

Main Author

Thomassin, S. (Simon), 1652?-1732.

Related Names

Coster, David, fl. 1696-1744.

Language(s)

French ; Latin ; Italian ; Dutch

Published

A La Haye : Chez Rutgert Alberts, 1724.

Subjects

Louis > Louis / XIV, > Louis / XIV, / King of France, > Louis / XIV, / King of France, / 1638-1715 > Louis / XIV, / King of France, / 1638-1715 / Art collections.
Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)
Art > Art / France > Art / France / Versailles.
Sculpture > Sculpture / France > Sculpture / France / Versailles.

Note

Includes index.
Legends on plates include name of sculptor of piece depicted, in addition to Thomassin's name as engraver.
Includes folded map of town, palace and park of Versailles.
Added engraved t.p. from the 1694 ed. Title: Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, et autres ornemens de Versailles. It is signed in the plate: Jan v. Zranen(?).
First published: Paris : Simon Thomassin, 1694.
T.p. in red and black. Engraved vignette signed: D. Coster ft.

Physical Description

[2], 59 p., [1], 218 leaves of plates (some folded) : chiefly ill. (engravings), plan ; 25 cm.

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