Monument élevé a La Gloire de Pierre-le-Grand, ou Relation de Travaux et des Moyen Mechaniques qui ont été Employés pour Transporter à Pétersbourg un Rocher de Trois Millions Pesant, Destiné à Servir de Base à la Statue équestre de cet Empereur Avec un Examen Physique et Chymique du Même Rocher, 1777

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Medium

bound volume with letterpress title page, letterpress text, and woodcut head- and tail-pieces plus 12 etching and engravings (5 folding, 7 double-page, versos blank)

Dimensions

page size: 43 x 27.9 cm (16 15/16 x 11 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 43.8 x 29 x 2.4 cm (17 1/4 x 11 7/16 x 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection

Accession Number

1985.61.463

Artists / Makers

Marin Carburi de Ceffalonie (author) Greek, died 1782

Remi-Henri-Joseph Delvaux (artist) French, 1748 or 1750 - 1823

Louis Sellier (artist) French, born 1757

Louis-Nicolas van Blarenberghe (artist after) French, 1716 or 1719 - 1794

Jean Michel Papillon I (artist) French, 1698 - 1776

Fossier (artist after) French, active 1777

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Marks and Labels

Binder's stamp: A. Milne Forres

Provenance

(Lucien Goldschmidt, New York); Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Goldschmidt, Inc., Lucien
Millard, Mark Jacob

Bibliography

1993: Wiebenson/Baines 1993, no. 48.