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Le Magnifique Chasteau de Richelieu en général et en particulier, ou les plans, les elevations, et profils generaux et particuliers dudit chasteau, et de ses Avenuës, Basses-courts, Anti-courts, Courts, Corps de logis, Aisles, Galleries, Escuries, Maneges, Jardins, Bois, Parc, & genralement de tous ses Appartemens. Commencé & achevé par Jean Armand du Plessis, Cardinal Duc de Richelieu, sous la conduite de Jacques le Mercier, Architecte ordinaire du Roy. First edition.
Marot, Jean (1619 -1679), author and engraver ; Augustin de Buisine, Armand ; Jean Du Plessis Richelieu. dedicatee; Jacques Lemercier , architect
Published by [Paris], [De Buisine], [1660]. I, 1660
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Small oblong folio. 33 x 25.5cm. Six leaves and text and 18 double page plates. Contemporary calf, worn. The pages are now detached and the binding serves as a chemise. Perfect for display. Reference: Fowler no. 192, Edition A of C.[1] f. of title on double page, [1] f. on double page (dedication), [1] f. on dou…ble page (reader's note), 18 (out of 19) engraved plates on double page (views, plans and sections). All the leaves and plates (formerly mounted on tabs) are detached. Brown calf, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Very worn binding. Scattered foxing and light marginal water stains.Work dedicated to the Château de Richelieu in Indre-et-Loire, commissioned in 1631 by the Cardinal and completed by Armand-Jean Du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, heir and nephew of the former, to Jacques Lemercier (circa 1582-1654), architect of the Sorbonne, the Château de Rueil, the Hôtel de Liancourt, the town of Richelieu and the Palais Cardinal, which became the Palais Royal. The château housed the cardinal's collections including his library before being almost entirely destroyed during the Revolution.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1064308985.Contents.1. 'Plan General Dv Chasteav de Richeliev' - Plan of the Chateau de Richelieu and the surrounding grounds, showing internal rooms within the chateau, courtyards, the moat, formal gardens and parterres and lawns. A scalebar below.2. View of the cour d'honneur at the Chateau de Richelieu, the elegant courtyard enclosed on two sides by matching ranges with central domes and end pavilions, the stately chateau beyond with pavilions at each corner and a domed corps de logis, the curving walls of the basse-cour to the foreground ruined in the plate to show the view, numerous figures throughout the scene including gentlemen riding to the hunt, elegantly dressed figures in conversation, and a man driving a donkey to the foreground.3. 'Plan du Chasteau, et de la principale Cour de Richelieu.' - A plan of the ground floor and the inner court of the Chateau de Richelieu, showing the numerous rooms, such as bedchambers, the chapel, offices, kitchens, halls, and latrines, bridges across the moat. A scalebar below4. 'Veve Generale en Perspective dv Chasteav, des Basse-Covrs, de l'Anti-Covr, des Parterres, des Iardins, &c. de Richeliev.' - View of the Chateau de Richelieu, the elegant chateau beyond the cour d'honneur enclosed on two sides by matching ranges with central domes and end pavilions, the basse cour enclosed on two sides by separate courtyards with stables and offices, a wide avenue leading through towards the house, the gardens and parterres beyond with woods to the left and right, numerous figures throughout the scene, the whole framed to the left and right with architectural elements with statues of sphinxes.5. 'Eleuation en Perspectiue de la principale Cour du Chasteau de Richelieu, des feu Aisles, de ses Pauillons, de ses corps de logis, et de son grand Escalier' - View of the inner court of the Chateau de Richlieu with the domed corp de logis beyond, wings enclosing the courtyard with end pavilions with squared domes, a bridge leading over the moat, the parterres and woodlands beyond, several figures throughout the scene.6. View of the Chateau de Richelieu from the parterres behind the chateau, the corp de logis excised to allow the view, wings enclosing the inner courtyard with end pavilions with squared domes, the basse cour beyond the gatehouse, parterres to the right and lawns to the left, woodlands beyond, figures throughout the scene7. 'Eleuation en Perspective du Chasteau de Richelieu, de son Anti-cour, de ses Bassecours, et de tous ses autres accompagnemens.' - View of the Chateau de Richelieu, the domed corp de logis beyond the moat, parterres and lawns to the right, the other buildings of the chateau beyond, numerous figures throughout the scene includding two men with lances in the wide court beyond, three men in the shade of the large tree to the left.8. View of the gardens of the Chateau de Richelieu, the semi-circular court with elegant parterres surrounding a central fountain, the pavillon de l'orangerie and the pavillon du chai et des caves to the left and right, a wide avenue beyond leading through the thick woodlands, mountains in the distance, figures throughout the scene including noblemen and gardeners.9. 'Eleuation de la principale entrée du Chasteau de Richelieu.' - Elevation of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Hercules and Mars in niches on either side and a statue of Louis XIII above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, the domed end pavilions of the wings to the left and right, smaller buildings on either side.10. 'Eleuation du grand corps de logis, et du grand Escalier, veu? de la Cour du Chasteau' - Elevation of the corp de logis of the Chateau de Richelieu, the corp de logis with a domed central pavilion, statues set into niches to the walls between the windows, a cross-section through the wings to the left and right showing the interiors, a cross-section through the moat to the left and right. A scalebar below.11. 'Eleuation de l'entrée du pont-leuis du Chasteau de Richelieu de l'ordonnance de Iaq. le Mercier Architecte du Roy.' - View of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Hercules and Mars in niches on either side and a statue of Louis XIII above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, decorative rostra and urns to the walls, the gates finely carved with steps leading up to them. A plan below.12. 'Eleuation de l'ordre Dorique du Dosme de la terraße dedans la cour du Chasteau de Richelieu, de l'ordonnance de Jaques le Mercier Architecte du Roy.' - View of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Venus and Apollo in niches on either side and a statue of three male figures above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, decorative rostra and urns to the walls. A plan below.13. 'Eleuation d'une partie des faces, d'un coste de la Cour reduit a? ses mesures et proporti.
