Ill[ustrissi]mo. D.D. Rogerio Du Plesseis d[omi]no. de Liancourt Marchioni de Montfort, Comiti de la Rocheguion e.a. vtriusque ordinis Christianissimae maiestatis equiti regiis a cubiculis primario. Heroi virtutum et magnarum artium eximio cultori. Aurorum pace belloque praestantium et qeui melioris decora referenti. Segmenta nobilium signorum e[t] statuaru[m], quae temporis dentem inuidium euasere vrbis aeternae ruinis erepta typis aeneis ab se commissa perpetuae uenerationis monumentum. Franciscus Perrier. D.D.D.
François Perrier (1590-1656)
Category
Books
Date
1638
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3218545
Summary
Bibliographic description
[1] leaf, 100 leaves of plates (2 folded), [2] leaves : all ill. (engraving) ; fol. Running number: 7300. Some worm damage on inner margin from plate 94 through to plate 100 and rear endpapers. Title leaf is Brunet and Robert-Dumesnil state 1, which is blank below the date "M.D.C.XXXVIII". Two index leaves follow title leaf, pagination thus: [3] leaves, 100 leaves of plates. Provenance: acquired by Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) at the Uilenbroek sale, Amsterdam, in 1729 (lot 822) for "46.10." (presumably Dutch gulden and stuivers). Manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "M. 100 plates. vid. De hoc exemplari Biblioth: Uilenbroek: part 1 p. 178" [i.e. catalogue code, collation note and note about entry in the Uilenbroek library sale catalogue, written by John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Binding: eighteenth-century gold-tooled dark blue morocco; sewn onto six supports; elaborate gilt panel framework of different roll patterns with gilt cornerpieces consisting of repeated stamps, and large gilt centrepiece design consisting of many individual stamps, including 'drawer handle' and floral tools; gilt floral roll pattern along board edges; gold-tooled spine, with stamp (including 'drawer handle' and floral), roll and fillet decoration; gilt title 'Statuae antiquae F: Perrier' on brown goatskin label on spine.
Makers and roles
François Perrier (1590-1656)