Live auction - Lot 756
[France - Versailles]
La description du Château de Versailles.
Paris, A. Vilette, 1694
Hammer price: €
380
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
12mo: [2]-93-[1] pp.; 16 pl. (2 pl. printed over fold in paper, marg. tear f. D8, occ. spots).
Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (tail damaged, rubbed, corners bumped).
First published in 1674 with the title "Description sommaire du Chasteau de Versailles", this later edition is rather rare. Ill. with a large title vignette by Schoonebeek, 27 views on 16 pl., of which 4 folding.
Prov. "Ce livre appartient à son maître, qui son nom n'a pas voulu mettre, mais en cas de perdition, regardez dans le petit rond, vous y trouverez son nom ! Charles Saney, ce 20 fev. 1781" (ms. entry on flyleaf).