Entrée principale:

Félibien, André, sieur des Avaux et de Javercy, 1619-1695.

Titre et auteur:

Description de la grotte de Versailles.

Publication:

A Paris : De la Imprimerie royale, M. DC. LXXVI [1676]

Description:

[2], 11, [1] pages, 20 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 double, folded) : illustrations (engravings), plan ; 56 cm

Notes:
Text, signed Félibien, first appeared in 1672 (cf. BN catalogue) and successively with an increasing number of plates. Here a text of 1676 is accompanied by a plate dated 1678.
Plate 1, signed D.B., is a plan of the grotte. Plates 2 through 13 signed le Potre, 1672, 1673, 1676, 3-6 after sculpture by G. Vanopstal, 7 after sculptures by Girardon de Troyes, Th. Regnaudin, G. and B. de Marcy, and G. Guerin. F. Chauveau engraved representative chandeliers and masks (plates 14 and 15, 1676, 1675); 16, showing the central sculpture by Girardon, engraved by J. Edelinck 1678. The Marcy and Guerin sculptures are shown individually in 17 and 18 by S. Picart (1675) and S. Baudet (1676). Two additional figures by B. Tubi, plates 19 and 20, have been engraved by J. Edelinck.
Brunet, I, 1443, lists the 1679 ed. with 20 plates as a part of the series titled after the repository, Cabinet du roi, "première édition."

Sujet:

Opstal, Gérard van, 1594?-1668.
Girardon, François, 1628-1715.
Regnaudin, Thomas, 1622-1706.
Marsy, Gaspard, 1624-1681.
Marsy, Balthazar, 1628-1674.
Guérin, Gilles, 1606 or 1609-1678.
Tuby, Jean-Baptiste, 1635-1700.
Grottoes (Garden structures) France Versailles.
Grottoes (Garden structures) France Versailles Pictorial works.
Grottes (Architecture des jardins) France Versailles.
Grottes (Architecture des jardins) France Versailles Ouvrages illustrés.
Grottoes (Garden structures)
Parc de Versailles (Versailles, France)
Jardins de Versailles (Versailles, France)
France Versailles
France Versailles Parc de Versailles

Classification/genre:

Illustrated works

Vedettes secondaires:

Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682.
Chauveau, François, 1613-1676.
Edelinck, Jean, 1643-1680.
Picart, Etienne, 1632-1721.
Baudet, Etienne, 1638-1711.

Cabinet du roi

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main m 142790
Cote: 3397
Statut: Disponible