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| 041 | 0 | # | $a fre |
| 044 | # | # | $a fr |
| 245 | 0 | 1 | $a [Maisons royales et villes frontieres de France.] |
| 246 | 3 | 8 | $a Villes Et Maisons Royales [spine title]. |
| 260 | # | # | $a $b $c [16--?] |
| 300 | # | # | $a [40] pl. (all dble. except nos. [30], [32]); $c 558 mm. (Broadsheet). |
| 508 | # | # | $a The illustrators whose signatures appear are: draughtsmen Israel Silvestre and François Dorbay; engravers Jean Marot ('J.Marotte'), Sebastien Le Clerc, Israel Silvestre and François Dorbay. It has been suggested that the signature 'J. Marotte' may refer to Jean Marot fils. |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a L. E. Faucheux, Catalogue raisonnée de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre d'Israel Silvestre (1857). |
| 520 | 2 | # |
$a This is a collection of plates without a printed or engraved title and usually referred to by a binding title, 'Maisons royales et villes frontieres de France'. It is listed in the 1802 catalogue of the Royal Academy's Library as 'Vues des Palais, Chateaus, Villages, &c. en France, par Silvestre, &c.' Its contents vary slightly in different copies. Brunet calls for 46 plates; Duplessis for 43. The Royal Academy's copy comprises 40 plates. The 40 plates show (with dates and signatures): [1-3] the Louvre (1676, 1678, 1678), engr. J. Marotte; [4] the Louvre (1677), made by le Clerc; [5] Tuileries (1669), engr. I. Silvestre; [6-10] Tuileries, drawn and engr. by I. Silvestre; [11] arc de triomphe at Porte St. Antoine (1679), engr. le Clerc; [12] College des quatre Nations (1670), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [13] Vincennes (1668), engr. I. Silvestre; [14] St Germain en Laye (n.d.), unsigned; [15, 16] St Germain en Laye (1667, 1666), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [17, 18] chateau de Madrid (1676, 1677), engr. J. Marotte; [19] Monceaux (1673), engr. I. Silvestre; [20, 21] Monceaux (1679, 1680), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [22] Fontainebleau (n.d.), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [23] Fontainebleau (n.d.), made by I. Silvestre; [24-27] Fontainebleau (1667, 1666, 1679, 1678) , drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [28, 29] Chambor (1678, 1676), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [30] Blois (1677), drawn & engr. by Dorbay; [31] Blois (1672), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [32] Compiegne (1677), drawn & engr. by Dorbay; [33] Marimont (1673), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [34-37] Sedan, Stenay, Mommedy, Jametz (n.d.), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre; [38-40] Verdun (1669), Metz (1667?), Marsal (1670), drawn & engr. by I. Silvestre. In 1727 these plates were rearranged and combined with various others to form some of the volumes of the reissue of the Cabinet du Roi (volumes D, N and O in the listing of the Imprimerie Royale). |
| 561 | # | # | $a Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802. |
| 563 | # | # | $a 18th-century red morocco, upper and lower covers gilt-decorated with border and central heraldic device (shield emblasoned with three fleurs-de-lys, encircled by collars of the orders of S. Michel and the Saint-Esprit); gilt-decorated spine, lettered 'Villes Et Maisons Royales'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Architecture, French - Palaces - Country houses - Cities - France - Paris - History - 17th century |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Views - 17th century |
| 655 | # | 4 | $a Pictorial works - 17th century |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Dorbay, François $e draughtsman $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Marot, Jean $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Le Clerc, Sebastien $e engraver |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Silvestre, Israel $e draughtsman $e engraver |
| 852 | 8 | # | $d 1802: 13-0-18; 1821: 13-0-18. |