Architecture Françoise, Ou Recueil Des Plans, Elevations, Coupes Et Profils Des Eglises, Maisons Royales, Palais, Hôtels & Edifices les plus considérables de Paris, ainsi que des Châteaux & Maisons de plaisance situés aux environs de cette Ville, ou en d'autres endroits de la France, bâtis par les plus célébres Architectes, & mesurés exactement sur les lieux...Tome Premier... [l]

published 1752

Jean-Jacques Flipart

Artist, French, 1719 - 1782

Pierre-Edme Babel

Artist, French, probably 1720 - 1775

Claude-Olivier Gallimard

Artist, French, 1718/1719 - 1774

Claude Lucas

Artist, French, active 1745/1756

Jacques-François Blondel

Author, French, 1705 - 1774

Antoine Herisset

Artist, French, 1685 - 1769

Pierre Patte

Artist, French, 1723 - 1814

Medium

1st vol of 4: ill: etched title-page vignette by Jean-Jacques Flipart after Charles-Nicolas Cochin I, etched dedication by Claude-Olivier Gallimard after Charles-Nicolas Cochin II, plus various woodcut head- and tail-pieces, and 152 engraving andetchings (15 double-page, 9 folding, rest full-page, versos blank) by Claude Lucas (5), Pierre-Edme Babel (4), Antoine Herisset (2), and Pierre Patte (1), after Jean Michel Chevotet (11), Edme Bouchardon (2), François Charles Prevostel (2), restunsigned
Credit Line

Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection
Dimensions

page size: 42.8 x 28.2 cm (16 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
overall size (volume closed): 43.8 x 30.5 x 6.6 cm (17 1/4 x 12 x 2 5/8 in.)
Accession

1985.61.403

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993