Les Gemmes Et Joyaux De La Couronne Au Musée Du Louvre Expliqués Par M. Barbet De Jouy Membre De L'Institut Dessinés Et Gravés A L'Eau-Forte D'Après Les Originaux Par Jules Jacquemart Chevalier De La Légion D'Honneur, Membre De L'Académie Impériale De Vienne, Chevalier De L'Ordre De François-Joseph Introduction Par M. Alfred Darcel Directeur Du Musée De Cluny
Paris: Léon Techener 52, Rue De L'Arbre-Sec, Au Premier Près De La Colonnade Du Louvre, MDCCCLXXXVI
Physical Description
[67] f., 60 pl.; 527 mm. (folio)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Introduction - Table Des Planches De La Première Partie (1-30) - [Plates and texts 1-30] - [Divisional t.p., 'Les Gemmes Et Joyaux De la Couronne - Deuxième Partie'] - Table Des Planches De La Deuxième Partie (31-60) - [Plates and texts 31-60]. (In the Royal Academy's copy the divisional t.p. for the second part has been bound in before the title page; and the list of plates for the second part has been bound in immediately after that for the first part.)
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed as drawn and engraved by Jules Jacquemart.
The text printer is named on the verso of the title page and at the foot of the Table Des Planches De La Deuxième Partie: 'Chartres. - Imprimerie Durand.'
References
H. Beraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle (1885-92), v. 8, p.192-213; L. Gonse, L'Oeuvre de Jules Jacquemart (1876).
Summary Note
The work had first been published in 1865-71, and in this edition many plates carry the date of 1864; one, that of 1865 (pl. 12).
The work describes royal jewels and vessels of France. The objects shown in plates 1-11 are listed as from the 5th to the 13th century; those shown in plates 12 to 60, as of the 15th, 16th and 17th century.
Copy Note
Parts 1-18 were purchased in 1884; parts 19-28 in 1885; and parts 29-31 in 1886 (see RA Annual Report for 1884, p. 56; 1885, p. 46; 1886, p. 44).
Binding Note
19th-century half brown morocco, brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Gemmes Et Joyaux Musée Du Louvre' and 'R.A.'
Crown jewels - Regalia - Rulers - Monarchs - France - History
Crown jewels - Metal-work - Jewelry - Quartz crystal - Precious stones - Gems - Vessels (containers) - Art objects - Religious objects - France - History - Romanesque - Gothic - Renaissance
Collections - Museums - France - Paris - History - 19th century
Catalogues - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Etchings - France - 19th century