[Gilles de MORTAIN]. Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the - Lot 153

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[Gilles de MORTAIN]. Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the - Lot 153
[Gilles de MORTAIN]. Plans, Sections, and Elevations of the City and Palace of Versailles, Including the Groves and Fountains, as They Are Today, Surveyed on Site, Drawn and Engraved by the Finest Masters… Paris, Vanheck, n.d. (after 1716). - Pierre LE PAUTRE. Plans, Cross-Sections, Profiles, and Elevations of the Chapel of the Royal Palace of Versailles… Paris, Morin and Vanheck, n.d. Two works in one folio volume, red morocco leather, Du Seuil-style decoration, spine with 6 raised bands (pastiche binding). Millard, 121 /// One title page and 42 etched plates, including 22 double-page plates for the first work, and 13 etched plates for the second. This volume is similar to the one published by Gilles de Mortain in 1716, with the latter’s name scraped off or erased and replaced by that of the publisher Vanheck. The title differs slightly. The privilege page bearing Mortain’s name has been removed. The plate titled “View of the Marly Machine” has been replaced by another titled “Profile of the Marly Machine,” engraved by Galys. The plate numbers have been removed, and the order of the plates differs. The volume also contains an additional plate titled “His Majesty Louis XV Accompanied by the Duke of Antin…” engraved by Cochin after Martin the Younger. Restored to a single plate.
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