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Simon Thomassin : Recueil des Statues, Groupes, Fontaines, Termes, Vases, Et autres Magnifiques Ornemens du Chateau & Parc de Versailles

contemporary full calf rebacked expertly spine with 6 compartments of raised bands, red morocco label on two. All edges speckled., A very good copy., 8vo, P. title, title, blank, 3-59, blank, engraved title, blank, half-title, blank, plates., 1 folding map of Versaille, two title pages in red and black, both with small vignette scene, 218 copper plates engraved by P. le Gros, Garnier, I. la Clerion, N. Coustous, Cornu, all after the designs by Simon Thomassin. Plates
depicting various statues, vases, fountains and other ornaments decorating Versailles.

Text in French, Latin, Italian and Dutch
This is a beautiful illustrated guide to the palace of Versailles.
Simon Thomassin was a reknowned Paris artist. The work was commissioned in 1689 by King Louis XIV of France and was first published in Paris in 1694. A third edition was published in 1723., Graesse VI 144; Berlin Kat. 4212

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