Recueil De Cent Cinquante Paysages et Marines Orné de Figures et Ruines Composés, Dessinés, et Gravés Par Perelle

RA Collection: Book

Record number

03/2370

Imprint

à Paris: chés Basan, [17--?]

Physical Description

T.-pl., 150 pl. on [95] sheets [2 dble.]; 384 mm.

General Note

Plate 61 is printed after 62; 89 after 91; 95 and 96 after 97; and 119 after 120.

Responsibility Note

Most numbered plates are signed as designed and/or engraved by Perelle; numbers 28, 116, 119 and 136 are unsigned.

References

N. Avel, Les Perelle, paysages, catalogue [dissertation] (U. Paris IV, 1971).

Summary Note

No publication-date is given. The collection was probably published by P.F. Basan in the 1760s or 1770s.

The plates are re-strikes of Perelle's originals, rearranged according to size, format and subject matter, the largest being placed last.

Provenance

Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.

Binding Note

18th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; rebacked in 1996 by J.A. Cassels, retaining original spine-piece, spine direct-lettered in gilt 'Recueil De / Cent / Cinquante Paysager / Et Marinea / Perelle'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Landscapes (environments) - France - History
Landscapes (representations) - Drawings - France - 18th century
Pictorial works - France - 18th century

Contributors

Adam Pérelle, draughtsman, engraver
Pierre François Basan, publisher
J.A. Cassels, binder