The Petit Trianon, Versailles : illustrated by a series of measured drawings and photographs of the entire building, exterior and interior; including a large selection of the furniture, and various details of iron work and brass work, together with a historical account of the palace, and descriptive letterpress / by James A. Arnott and John Wilson

James Alexander Arnott

RA Collection: Book

Record number

15/2226

Author

Imprint

London: B. T. Batsford, 1907-1908

Physical Description

3 parts: illus., 97 plates 500 mm.

General Note

This work was issued unbound in three parts, in portfolios. Each portfolio contains a printed leaf of contents, not intended to be preserved in the final bound volume; this set remains unbound, still in portfolios. Part I (1907) contains a title-page and Preface by the authors as well as the list of prints in this part; in addition it contains a duplicate of plate LXXVI. Part II (1907) contains the list of prints and a duplicate of print LXV. Part III (1908) contains preliminary pages intended for the bound volume (half-title and title-page) as well as letterpress text (cumulative List of Plates, Historical Notice [p. 1-3], General Description [p. 4-6], Description of Plates [p. 7-14]) as well as the list of plates in this the third portfolio - in this case there is a missing plate (LXI). The verso of the title-page in Part III has the printer information: Photolithography and letterpress by George Waterston & Sons, Edinburgh; Collotypes by Zinco-Collotype Co. Ltd., Edinburgh.

Provenance

Bequest of Sir Edwin Cooper R.A. (October 1961).

Binding Note

Cream portfolios printed in black and red on the front boards with full title and author information. There is no psine lettering on the brown cloth spine.

Subject

Petit Trianon (Versailles, France) - Architecture France History 18th century - Palaces France

Contributors

John Wilson, author, draughtsman
James Alexander Arnott, draughtsman
Sir Edwin Cooper RA, donor
B. T. Batsford Ltd., publisher
George Waterston and Sons (Edinburgh), printer, lithographic printer
Zinco-Collotype Co. Ltd. (Edinburgh), photographic printer