[VERSAILLES / CABINET du ROI]. - Plans, élévations et vûes d - Lot 216

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[VERSAILLES / CABINET du ROI]. - Plans, élévations et vûes d - Lot 216
[VERSAILLES / CABINET du ROI]. - Plans, élévations et vûes du Château de Versailles], -- [Grotte, Labyrinthe, Fontaines et Bassins de Versailles] --- [Statues du Roy, Antiques & Modernes], ---- [Termes, Bustes, Sphinx & Vases du Roy]. S.l.n.d. [1673-1689], ----- Description de la grotte de Versailles. A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1676. 5 parts in one large in-folio volume, red morocco, double frame of Du Seuil-style gilded fillets decorating the boards, crowned monograms at the corners, royal arms in the center, spine decorated with monograms cantoned with lilies, gilded edges (period binding). - 12 plates ; -- 10 plates ; --- 46 plates ; ---- 17 plates ; ----- Eleven pages of text, large vignette of royal arms on title and 18 plates. A total of 103 plates, some double, by or after Israël Sylvestre, Jean Baptiste Nollin, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Pierre Le Pautre, Jean Edelinck, Picart Le Romain, Estienne Baudet, Balthazar Mercy, Gaspar de Mercy, Louis de Châtillon, J. Cotelle, Benoît Massou... Reunion of the "Cinquième [...]", "Sixième [...]", "Septième [...]", "Huitième [...]" and "Neuvième volume" according to the Catalogue d'estampes dont les Planches sont à la Bibliothèque du Roy (S.l.n.d.) and which form the collection known as the "Cabinet du Roi". Created by Colbert in 1667, the Cabinet du Roy was an artistic and political announcement designed to glorify Versailles and the power of Louis XIV. The Description de la grotte de Versailles is here in its first edition, the use of which would have been reserved for the King. This grotto, known as the Grotte de Thétis, was one of the wonders of Versailles. Title page bears "Plans // veues // et ornem. // de Versailles". Rust stains on two plates (Statue of a faun and statue of a dancer). A VERY FINE COPY IN RED MOROCCO WITH THE ROYAL COAT OF ARMS, BRINGING TOGETHER THREE PARTS OF THE KING'S CABINET. See reproductions
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