Labyrinte de Versailles.
Aesop
Author:
Benserade, Isaac de,
Author:
Perrault, Charles
Engraver:
Leclerc, Sebastien I
Publisher:
Imprimerie royale
Full-page engravings, by S. Le Clerc, of the fountains in the Labyrinth (which represented Aesop's fables) with prose epitomes of the fables and descriptive text by Ch. Perrault, and metrical versions of the fables by Benserade.
Director's name from colophon.
Constitutes part of the 6th volume (Labyrinte) of "Cabinet du roi" as described in "Catalogue des volumes d'estampes dont les planches sont à la Bibliothèque du Roy.- A Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, 1743"
Old classmarks: 4.M.15; 560. Former location: 20.2.G.32
Binding: mottled calf, g.t. arms of Louis XV; spine & board edges g.t.; marbled e.p.; a.e.g.
Ownership inscription: "Fitzwilliam 1792".
34,[6],79,[5]p : ill ; 22cm (8vo).
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Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Production date: AD 1679 : Paris :de l'Imprimerie Royale (par Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy),1679.
Accession number: PB 49-2020
Primary reference Number: 278020
ALMA control 001: 99204593803606
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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