Main entry:

Makhaev, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1716-1770.

Title & Author:

Representation exacte des edifices et du jardin, qui se trouvent dans une des maisons de plaisance nommée Sailo Kouskowa, appartenant à Son Ex[c]ellence monseigneur le comte Pierre Borisowitz de Cheremettoff ... : située à 7 verstes de la ville de Moskou [sic] sur l'Orient. Les batiments sont de l'invention de divers fameux architect[e]s étrangers et plusieurs par l'architecte russe de la maison de Son Ex[c]ellence Theodor Argounoff. Toutes les vües sont dessinées avec les regles de la perspective / et faites par les artistes russes, sous la direction du dessinateur de l'Académie impériale des sciences Michael Macheff ; gravé par Pre. Laurent.

Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [178-?]

Description:

34 unnumbered leaves : all illustrations ; 55 cm

Notes:
Added t.p. in Russian: Podlinnoe predstavlenie stroeniev i sadu, nakhodi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ v odnom iz uveselitelʹnykh domov nazyvaemom Selo Kuskóva ...
Captions in French and Russian.
This copy contains the complete series of plates by Laurent, plus one by Barabé. According to Obol'ianiov, three additional plates exist (a view of the Menagerie by Denissard, dated 1778, the marble column with figure of Minerva, dated 1779, and the marble obelisk by Nabholz and Schoenberg, dated 1780), but it is questionable whether these formed part of the original series, which are undated.
Pagination: engraved t.p. and 16 engraved plates, all printed on double-size leaves folded at center.
The very large plan of Tsarskoe Selo (clean tear repaired at foot) is the only known map by John Bush, according to the British Museum catalogue. It is dedicated to Catherine the Great and, apart from the plan, shows an elevation of the palace at the foot and 15 vignette views of garden buildings.
Berlin Kat. 2772 (five plates); Sopikov, An Attempt at a Russian Bibliography, St. Petersburg, 1813-1821, #13092 (15 leaves); Obol'ianinov, Catalogue of Russian Illustrated Books, Moscow, 1914-1915 (14 plates); Rovinskii, Dictionary of Russian Engravers, St Petersburg, 1895, sub Makhaev, #s 54-67 (14 plates, including title); Bibl. Nat., Inventaire du Fonds Francais, Gravures du XVIIIe siècle, vol. XIII, Paris, 1974, pages 24-27 (dating the work 1778, with plates by Pierre Laurent, numbers 9-19); Imperial Palaces in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, volume IV, Tsarskoe Selo.

Subject:

Sheremetev, Piotr Borisovich, 1713-1787.
Architecture, Domestic Russia (Federation) Perovo.
Gardens Russia (Federation) Perovo.
Architecture, Domestic.
Gardens.

Added entries:

Makhaev, Mikhail Ivanovich, 1716-1770.
Nabholz, Johann Christoph, 1752-1797.
Laurent, Pierre, 1739-1809.
Podlinnoe predstavlenie stroeniev i sadu, nakhodi︠a︡shchikhsi︠a︡ v odnom iz uveselitelʹnykh domov nazyvaemom Selo Kuskóva ...

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 6374
Call No.: W6124
Status: Available