A lavishly bound composite album or ‘recueils factices’ of views of seventeenth century Paris

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[A Review of Paris].

PERELLE, Adam; Israel SILVESTRE
Paris,
Nicolas Langlois and N. de Poilly,
[c1680].
Oblong quarto (250 by 375mm), 137 plates, original full English red morocco, lavishly gilt.
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A lavishly bound composite album or 'recueils factices' of views of seventeenth century Paris, Versailles and the surrounding country estates.

The work begins with the gates of the city, moving onto its gardens, palaces, and public buildings; these include the Royal Palace, Les Invalides, the Tuileries Gardens, the Observatory, and the Sorbonne. There then follows 38 plates of the Palace of Versailles. The work concludes with the views of other country estates s...

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