Main entry:

Héré, Emmanuel, 1705-1763.

Title & Author:

Plans et élévations de la Place royale de Nancy & des autres édifices qui l'environnens bâtie par les ordres du roy de Pologne, duc de Lorraine / dedié au roy de France par Héré, premier architecte de la Majesté polonoise.

Publication:

A Paris : Ches François, graveur ordinaire de sa majesté..., MDCCLIII [1753]

Description:

[30] leaves (2 folded) : ill. (engravings), plans ; 66 cm.

Notes:
This work often considered part 3 of Heré's Recueil des plans, elevations et coupes (1e pte.) .... and Suite des plans (2e pte.) ... des chateaux, jardins et dependences que le Roy de Pologne occupe in Lorraine ... although it is not bibliographically associated.
Plates engraved by a number of artists, 8 by François himself, some after etching by others. Artists include: P.-P. Choffard, C.-D. Jardinier, J. de la Marcade, Durand, Basset l'aine.
Includes 3 engraved preliminaries including a medallion port. of Louis XV; 8 engravings (the ironwork fencing and gates "Fait par Lamour, serurrier de Roy") of the Place royale (now Place Stanislas); 2 of Louis XV's statue "Guibal sculptor Reg.? in." (replaced since 1805 by one of Stanislas) and his fountains; the Bourse de commerce, and 2 of the Intendence.
Herold, J. François, p. 131.
BN. Inventaire du fonds fran. 18. s., IX, p. 346, 292-298, IV, p. 371, 7-8.
Mac. enc. of architects, II, p.356-359.

Subject:

Stanisław I Leszczyński, King of Poland, 1677-1766.
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 Statues France Nancy.
Lamour, Jean, 1698-1771.
Guibal, Barthélémy, 1699-1757.
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Urban beautification France Nancy Designs and plans.
City planning France Nancy Designs and plans.
Place Stanislas (Nancy, France)
Architecture France Nancy Pictorial works.
Monuments France Nancy Pictorial works.
Ironwork France Nancy Pictorial works.
Monuments France Nancy Ouvrages illustrés.
Ferronnerie France Nancy Ouvrages illustrés.
Architecture
City planning
Ironwork
Monuments
Statues
Urban beautification
France Nancy

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings
Illustrated works

Added entries:

François, Jean-Charles, 1717-1769.
Choffard, Pierre-Philippe, 1730-1809.
Jardinier, Claude-Donat, 1726-1771?
Marcade, J. de la, 18th cent.
Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis, 1760-1834.
Basset l'aine.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 19595
Call No.: NA1053.H42A4 (ID:87-B6766)
Status: Available