Ornements De La Perse Recueil De Dessins Pour L'Art Et L'Industrie Gravés Par E. Collinot Et A. De Beaumont

Eugène-Victor Collinot

RA Collection: Book

Record number

05/1343

Author

Eugène-Victor Collinot

Imprint

Paris: Canson Et C^ie, Libraires-Éditeurs 6, Rue Des Beaux-Arts, 6, M DCCC LXXX

Physical Description

[6] p., 60 [i.e. 58] pl.; 631 mm.

General Note

There are two dble. pl., numbered '52-53' and '59-60'.

[Half-t., t.p.] - Avis Des Éditeurs - Table Des Planches - [Plates].

Responsibility Note

Eight plates are signed as engraved by E. Collinot (pl. 7, 8, 25, 26, 30, 34, 36, 48); the rest, as by A. De Beaumont. All are signed as printed by Lemercier.

Each carries the publishers' imprint of Canson et Cie.

The text printer is named on the half-title verso: 'Typographie Pillet Et Dumoulin Rue Des Grands-Augustins, 5, A Paris'.

Summary Note

The plates are captioned and show motifs from faience, glassware, manuscripts, enamels, carpets, silverware, armour, wooden and stone carving. Many would now be identified as Arabic or Turkish rather than Persian. The 'Table Des Planches' recommends the motifs as suitable for use on ceramics, textiles etc.

All plates are printed in colour, apart from pl. 3, 14, 26, 41.

Provenance

Purchased for RA Library in 1881 (see RA Annual Report for 1881, p. 46).

Binding Note

19th-century quarter brown morocco, red cloth-covered boards; rebacked in 20th century, spine lettered 'Collinot Et Beaumont - Ornements De La Perse'.

Subject

Decoration and ornament, Iranian - Iran - Middle East - History
Pattern books - Designs - Ceramics - France - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - France - 19th century