[Collection of engravings of plans and views of palaces etc. chiefly by Israel Silvestre, and forming part of the collection known as the "Cabinet du Roi."].
Israël Silvestre (1621-1691)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1668 - 1684
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3085761
Summary
Bibliographic description
[15] leaves of plates ; fol. Remains of historic shelfmark (ink) visible at head of spine. Provenance: Eighteenth-century printed book-label: "Hassop". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Eighteenth?-century quarter vellum, blue paper over boards; sewn onto five raised cords; manuscript title label pasted onto spine: 'Versailles'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Israël Silvestre (1621-1691), artist and engraver