Recueil de cent vingt-une des plus belles vues . de palais, châteaux et maisons royales de Paris et de ses environs, dessinées d'après nature en 1780, et gravées par J. Rigaud.
Jacques Rigaud (Marseilles 1681 - Paris 1754)
Category
Books
Date
1800
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3147262
Summary
Bibliographic description
[6]p., [121] leaves of plates . chiefly ill. . fol.. Loosely inserted: slip of paper gilt embossed address, etc. "Calke Abbey, Derby". Bookseller's pencil manuscript note: "very rare fine impressions". Provenance: Nineteenth-century large armorial bookplate: Calke Abbey library [associated with Sir George Crewe and his son, Sir John Harpur Crewe]. Binding: Nineteenth-century quarter red morocco, with marbled paper on boards; gilt spine; gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
Jacques Rigaud (Marseilles 1681 - Paris 1754) Jean-Baptiste Rigaud