Author: Sébastien Leclerc (1637-1714)
Title: Antique print I The Maze at Versailles: The Fountain Roosters and the Partridge, published 1677, 1 p.
Description: A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from two roosters perched on rocks on each side of the basin; at centre, a partridge.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677). Numbered at bottom: 2.[NL] Fontein van de hanen en de partridge. 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. Etching on paper, letterpress on verso, cut within margin; total: 151 x 89 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 Roosters and the Partridge, published 1677, 1 p.
Description: A fountain in the Versailles labyrinth, with water spurting from two roosters perched on rocks on each side of the basin; at centre, a partridge.Illustration to Perrault's 'Labyrinthe de Versailles' (Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1677). Numbered at bottom: 2.[NL] Fontein van de hanen en de partridge. 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. Etching on paper, letterpress on verso, cut within margin; total: 151 x 89 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: PR121300
- Book number: PR121300