Mariette, Pierre-Jean, 1694-1774, Description des travaux , 1768
- Title(s):
- Description des travaux : qui ont précédé, accompagné et suivi la font en bronze d'un seul jet de la statue équestre de Louis XV, le Bien-Aimé / dressée sur les mémoires de M. Lempereur, ancien echevin, par M. Mariette.
- Published/Created:
- Paris : Impr. de P. G. Le Mercier, 1768.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 166 p., [59] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 57 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B D 19Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3393635
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- 58 full-page or larger technical etchings by P. Patte and one by B. L. Prévost; etched vignette on t. p., designed and engraved by A. de Saint-Aubin; headpiece (inauguration ceremony) by Saint-Aubin after H. Gravelot; pictorial initial.
BAC: For more information see object file.
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v.3, 1429
Engraved plates of all stages of the casting and erection of monument. The sculptor was Edme Bouchardon. Upon his death the work was completed by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle. - Subject Terms:
- Bronze founding.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1768.Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 -- Monuments.Monuments -- France -- Early works to 1800.
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