Author: Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714)
Title: Antique print I The Maze at Versailles: The Fountain with the Cat and the Rats, published 1677, 1 p.
Description: A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from a cat perched at the top of a double volute, and from rats gathered on each side.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677).[NL] Fontein van de kat en de ratten. Prent uit: Perrault, Charles. Labyrinthe de Versailles. Parijs: Imprimerie Royale, 1677. Hierin staan veertig prenten van het labyrint in de tuin van het Paleis van Versailles met verschillende fonteinen gebaseerd op de fabels van Aesopus. Gemaakt door Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714). Etching on paper, letterpress on verso, cut within margin; total: 147 x 86 mm, in good condition, mounted on elegant cardboard passepartout. Le Blanc 606-644.
Keywords: Animals|Architecture|Design|French|Water
Title: Antique print I The Maze at Versailles: The Fountain with the Cat and the Rats, published 1677, 1 p.
Description: A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from a cat perched at the top of a double volute, and from rats gathered on each side.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677).[NL] Fontein van de kat en de ratten. Prent uit: Perrault, Charles. Labyrinthe de Versailles. Parijs: Imprimerie Royale, 1677. Hierin staan veertig prenten van het labyrint in de tuin van het Paleis van Versailles met verschillende fonteinen gebaseerd op de fabels van Aesopus. Gemaakt door Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714). Etching on paper, letterpress on verso, cut within margin; total: 147 x 86 mm, in good condition, mounted on elegant cardboard passepartout. Le Blanc 606-644.
Keywords: Animals|Architecture|Design|French|Water
Price: EUR 96.80 = appr. US$ 105.21 Seller: Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur
- Book number: PR121299
- Book number: PR121299