Main entry:

Cottart, Pierre, active 1650-1686.

Title & Author:

Receuil des plus beaux portails de plusieures eglises de Paris / P. Cottart fecit.

Publication:

[Anvers] : Van Merle, rue S. Iacques a la ville d'Anuers ..., 1660.

Description:

12 leaves : all illustrations (engravings) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Engravings by Cottart after designs by various architects including himself.
Engraved historiated t.p. included in leaves of plates, those following numbered 2-12.
Earlier ed. including the subjects and a dedication page dated 1650. "Receuil de plusiers pièces darchitecture qui sont à Paris et aux environs." "Se vendent chez l'auteur." The Anvers 1660 ed. t.p. also shows: "P. Cottaert fecit" in some copies.
Inventaire du fonds français, XVIIème s. observes: Ces pièces figurent avec celle de Jean Marot, qui généralement indique à tort semble t-il, comme ayant participéà leur preparation.
Staatliche Kunstbibliothek Berlin. Katalog der Ornamentstichssammlung, 2464
BN. Inventaire, XVII. s., III, p. 183-184, 4-16
British Architectural Library. Early Imprints Collection. Early printed books, 1478-1840, 724

Subject:

Doorways France Paris.
Church architecture France Paris.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural France Paris.
Portails France Paris.
Architecture chrétienne France Paris.
Décoration et ornement architecturaux France Paris.
Buildings.
Church architecture.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Doorways.
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
France Paris.

Form/genre:

Engravings.
Vellum bindings (Binding)
Inscriptions (Provenance)

Added entries:

Marot, Jean, 1619?-1679.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 191613
Call No.: 0003889
Status: Available