Architecture.- Gardens.- Perrault (Charles) Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles.
Architecture.- Gardens.- [Perrault (Charles)] Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles, 41 engraved whole-page illustrations, text in French, English, German and Dutch, some faint marginal water-staining but mainly to text leaves, contemporary vellum, a little minor soiling, [Brunet III, 723], 4to, Amsterdam, Nicolaus Visscher, [1690].*** The labyrinth of Versailles was completed around 1675, and the illustrations here depict the numerous fountains contained therein, each designed in animal forms after Aesop's fables. The first edition of this work (Paris, 1677) was in French only, while this edition combines the original French and also translations into English, German and Dutch; Brunet notes it is far less common than the first.
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Architecture.- Gardens.- [Perrault (Charles)] Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles, 41 engraved whole-page illustrations, text in French, English, German and Dutch, some faint marginal water-staining but mainly to text leaves, contemporary vellum, a little minor soiling, [Brunet III, 723], 4to, Amsterdam, Nicolaus Visscher, [1690].*** The labyrinth of Versailles was completed around 1675, and the illustrations here depict the numerous fountains contained therein, each designed in animal forms after Aesop's fables. The first edition of this work (Paris, 1677) was in French only, while this edition combines the original French and also translations into English, German and Dutch; Brunet notes it is far less common than the first.
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