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PERELLE, Gabriel. Les Places, Portes, Fontaines, Eglises, et Maisons de Paris; Veues des belles Maisons de France. Paris: N. Langlois, [circa 1700?].
Oblong 2° (285 x 370mm). Two engraved titles only (the first from a smaller copy, the second trimmed to illustration and mounted), 130 engraved views only by Perelle after Perelle, Silvestre, Patel and others, 11 before letters. (Slightly spotted and browned, a few plates torn into illustration without loss, 11 inserted from other copies.) Contemporary calf, covers gilt with triple fillet border and central arms of Louis-Bénigne de Bauffremont, marquis de Bauffremont (Olivier 2442), spine partially gilt in compartments (restored at extremities), red lettering piece (rubbed). Provenance: Bauffremont (binding). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Included in the volume from the same series are views of Fontainbleau, Chantilly, and six views of Rome. Berlin Katalog 2483; Sander 1511.
Oblong 2° (285 x 370mm). Two engraved titles only (the first from a smaller copy, the second trimmed to illustration and mounted), 130 engraved views only by Perelle after Perelle, Silvestre, Patel and others, 11 before letters. (Slightly spotted and browned, a few plates torn into illustration without loss, 11 inserted from other copies.) Contemporary calf, covers gilt with triple fillet border and central arms of Louis-Bénigne de Bauffremont, marquis de Bauffremont (Olivier 2442), spine partially gilt in compartments (restored at extremities), red lettering piece (rubbed). Provenance: Bauffremont (binding). Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
Included in the volume from the same series are views of Fontainbleau, Chantilly, and six views of Rome. Berlin Katalog 2483; Sander 1511.