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'.