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Jean Toussaint Merle (author) and Hilaire Périé (author) with Gottfried Engelmann (lithographer) after Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard, Jules Frédéric Villeneuve, and others

Description historique et pittoresque du Chateau de Chambord, 1821

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Medium

bound volume with text and 11 lithographs (2 plans and 9 full-page plates on chine collé, 3 tinted); illustrated title page; 1 tail-piece and 1 head-piece within text

Dimensions

page size: 45.7 × 31.6 cm (18 × 12 7/16 in.)
book: 46.5 × 32.5 × 1.5 cm (18 5/16 × 12 13/16 × 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow

Accession Number

1993.79.2

Artists / Makers

Hilaire Périé (author) French, 1780 - 1833

Jean Toussaint Merle (author) French, 1785 - 1852

Gottfried Engelmann (lithographer) French, 1788 - 1839

Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard (artist after) French, 1780 - 1850

Jules Frédéric Villeneuve (artist after) French, 1796 - 1842

Pierre Didot (publisher) French, 1761 - 1853

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Inscription

in gold-tooled letters on red leather spine: CHATEAU DE CHAMBORD; on title page: Description / historique et pittoresque / du Chateau de / CHAMBORD / offert / PAR LA FRANCE / AS.A.R. Mgr le Duc de Bordeaux. / Dédiée aux communes de France; / Par M.M. Merle et Périé. / ornée de gravures, de plans et de cartes.-

Provenance

Charlotte and Arthur Vershbow, Boston; gift to NGA, 1993.

Associated Names

Vershbow, Arthur E., Mr.