Les collections d'oeuvres d'art français du XVIIIe siècle : appartenant à sa majesté l'Empereur d'Allemagne, roi de Prusse / histoire et catalogue par Paul Seidel ; traduction française par Paul Vitry et Jean J. Marquet de Vasselot ; 14 eaux-fortes et 76 dessins de Peter Halm

Paul Seidel

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/26

Author

Imprint

Berlin: Giesecke & Devrient, MCM

Physical Description

220 p.: illus., plates; 448 mm.

Copy Note

This work was published in 300 numbered copies of which numbers 1-100 were published in German and numbers 101-300 in French; this copy is number 283. This notice appears on the verso of the title-page. A further special reserved set of 40 copies were published numbered I-XXXX.

Binding Note

The binding is a red cloth publishers' binding with gold decoration with the arms of Frederick II, King of Prussia, on the front baord. The spine has the King's cypher and is lettered in gold, 'Seidel Oeuvres D'Art Françaises Du XVIIIe Siècle' and, at the foot of the spine, 'Giesecke & Devrient Berlin + Leipzig'.

Name as Subject

Contributors

Paul Vitry, translator
Jean-Joseph Marquet de Vasselot, translator
Peter Halm, etcher
Giesecke und Devrient, publisher