Lot 845
S. Thomassin, Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes ... Amsterdam 1695.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
845
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
Simon Thomassin
Thomassin, Simon: Recueil des figures, groupes, thermes, fontaines, vases, statues et autres ornemens de Versailles. Tels qu'ils se voyent à present dans le chateau & parc. 4 parts in 2 volumes, bound as 1 volume. Amsterdam: P. Mortier 1695. 20 x 15 cm. With an illustrated copperplate title page and 218 (5 folded) copperplate plates. 59 pp., 4 half-titles. Leather.
(Worn and battered; spine chipped at the top. Some damp and age-related staining in places. Copperplate title page trimmed and mounted; folded copperplate plates 130 and 144 have tears, some of which have been backed.)
See Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 4212 (1694 edition). – A work first published in Paris in 1694, which was printed in various formats. The copperplate engravings depict statues, groups of figures, fountains and vases from the park of the Palace of Versailles.
(Worn and battered; spine chipped at the top. Some damp and age-related staining in places. Copperplate title page trimmed and mounted; folded copperplate plates 130 and 144 have tears, some of which have been backed.)
See Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 4212 (1694 edition). – A work first published in Paris in 1694, which was printed in various formats. The copperplate engravings depict statues, groups of figures, fountains and vases from the park of the Palace of Versailles.