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Versailles in majesty
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IN STOCKMonicart (Jean Baptiste de), Versailles immortalized by the speaking wonders of the buildings, gardens, groves, parks, statues, groups, terms and vases of marble, stone and metals, water features, pictures and paintings which are in the castles of Versailles, Trianon, Ménagerie and Marly...composed in French free verse,...with a translation in Latin prose by Sr. Romain Le Testu...These speaking marvels deal in their stories with their descriptions, origins, properties, attributes and their stories, whether holy, true or fabulous…., P., Etienne Ganeau & Jacques Quillau, 1720
- 2 volumes in-4, half-chagrin, percaline boards, ribbed spine, cold fillets, gilded monograms at the foot (late binding). Volume I: xix- [6]- 430- [1] pp., frontispiece and 54 plates inset including 15 folded (including a plan), Volume II: [12]- 456- [1] pp., frontispiece and 40 plates inset text including 27 folded, frontispieces engraved by Duflos and Thomassin, with two portraits of Louis XV as a child and the Regent Philippe d'Orleans. Minor friction, a light bit. cracked at the head. Discharges of eight engravings which do not have serpents. Also very fresh.
Of the nine volumes planned for this monumental celebration, only these first two volumes appeared, superbly illustrated from the work of artists such as Charles Le Brun, Cochin or Coypel with views, statues and paintings, engraved by Aveline, Duflos, Flipart , Surugue etc., and the rare folding plan of Versailles. Cohen (724) announces 100 plates, in reality the number of plates varies from one copy to another.
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