Recueil De Divers Vases Antiques Par Charles Errard Peintre du Roy

RA Collection: Book

Record number

03/2552

Imprint

[S.l.:: s.n.,, ca. 1680?]

Physical Description

Engr. t.-pl., [12] pl.; 437 mm. (Folio).

Responsibility Note

All plates are signed as drawn by C. Errard and engraved by G.Tournier - except that the title-plate is signed by G. Tournier only, and one plate is signed by C. Errard only.

Each plate carries Errard's imprint and the royal privilege.

Summary Note

All plates have captions, indicating the locations of the vases in Rome: in hortis Mediceis; in hortis Burghesianis; in aedibus Martini Longhi Architecti; versus S Laurentium extra muros; in hortis Tiburtinis; in hortis Iustinianis; in hortis Iustinianis; in domo privata nobilis Romani; Albae in horto iuxta monumentum Horatiorum; in hortis trans Tiberim; in horto privato iuxta Templum Sti. Petri ad Vincula; in area Templi Stæ. Ceciliæ.

Provenance

Purchased January 1790 (see RA Cashbook 1769-1795: 'Theatre of Savoy & Antique Vases £7: 11s.').

Copy Note

The title-plate is inscribed in ink, 'H. Herbert'.

Binding Note

20th-century half calf, 19th-century brown papered boards; red morocco spine-label lettered 'Errard Receuil De Divers Vases Antiques. Bound with two others.