Versailles et les deux Trianons / texte par Philippe Gille, de L'institut ; dessins et relevés par Marcel Lambert, Architecte des Domaines de Versailles et des Trianons

Philippe Gille

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/268

Author

Philippe Gille

Imprint

Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et fils, MDCCCXCIX-MDCCCC

Physical Description

2 volumes. [Vol. 1: 38 plates incl. 13 fold. plates, (10 col.); Vol. 2: 37 plates incl. 7 fold. plates, (11 col.)] : illustrations ; 46 cm.

General Note

Illustrations: etchings by Charles Théodore Deblois and Henri Toussaint; wood-engravings by Bauchart brothers, Boulenaz, Ernest-Pierre Deloche, E. Dewailly, V. Dutertre, J. J. Puyplat and R. Romagnol; water colour by Albert Charpentier; heliochromes by Lemercier printing press (Paris); heliographs by Chauvet, Dujardin and Lemercier; photogravure by Reymond and Rougeron; chromotypography by Reymond; printing of the etchings and heliographs by G. Besnard (Tours) and Ch. Wittmann.

Summary Note

Documenting the architecture and restoration of the Palace of Versailles as well as the Grand and Petit Trianon by French Architect Marcel Lambert.

Binding Note

Green leather-bound with decorative gold embossed boards and spine. Lettered in gilt on spine: `M. Lambert. Versailles. Tome I [II]. R.A.'

Subject

Château de Versailles (Versailles, France)

Contributors

Marcel Lambert, illustrator, architect
Charles Théodore Deblois, etcher
Henri Toussaint, etcher
Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, publisher
Imprimerie Lemercier et Compagnie (Paris), lithographic printer