Main entry:

Perrier, François, 1590?-1656?

Title & Author:

Icones et segmenta illustrium e marmore tabularum quae Romae adhuc extant / a Francisco Perrier delineata incisa et ad antiquam formam lapideis exemplaribus passim collapsis restituta.

Publication:

Romae ; A Paris : Chez la veufue de deffunct Monsr. Perier ..., MDCXLV [1645] [i.e. ca. 1650]

Description:

52 unnumbered leaves : all illustrations ; 51 cm

Notes:
Engraved throughout.
Title plate described is one of 4 known states (cf. Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur français, 1842, t. 6, p. 189-190).
Supplied imprint date of ca. 1650 based on the date of François Perrier's death. Some sources have given 1650 or 1656 as the actual or probable year of Perrier's death, but his funeral is now believed to have been held in Nov. 1649 (cf. Thuillier, Jacques. "Les dernières années de François Perrier (1646-1649)" in Revue de l'art (1993), p. 9-28).
Plates: title plate; 21 plates numbered 1-21; 1 unnumbered plate; 26 plates numbered 22-47; 6 plates printed in pairs on 3 leaves with both members of each pair numbered respectively "48", "49", "50."
Brunet, t. 4, col. 512
Cicognara, 3536

Subject:

Classical antiquities Early works to 1800.
Sculpture, Roman Pictorial works.
Relief (Sculpture), Roman Italy Rome Pictorial works.
Illustrated books France History 17th century Specimens.
Engraving, French.
Antiquités gréco-romaines Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sculpture romaine Ouvrages illustrés.
Relief (Sculpture) romain Italie Rome Ouvrages illustrés.
Livres illustrés France Histoire 17e siècle Spécimens.
Gravure française.
Classical antiquities
Illustrated books
Relief (Sculpture), Roman
Sculpture, Roman
France
Italy Rome
Roman (style or period) Bas-reliefs.
French Painters (artists)
French Printmakers.

Form/genre:

Vellum (parchment) Bindings.
Early works
History
Pictorial works
Specimens

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 227491
Call No.: ND37.P457 I3 1650
Status: Available