[VERSAILLES]. [Plans, Elevations and Views of the Palace of Versailles]. [Paris: imprimerie royale, s.d.]. - Collection folio, 532 x 385: 73 plates. Red morocco, boards decorated in the Duseuil style, with crowned royal cipher at the corners, royal coat of arms gilt in the centre, spine decorated with gilt crowned royal cipher, inner gilt border, gilt edges (period binding). Composite collection of a selection of 73 plates from the volumes of the King's Cabinet, published at the end of the 17th century or the beginning of the 18th century. Includes : 1. [Plans, elevations and views of the Château de Versailles] 12 plates from the fifth volume of the King's Cabinet, engraved by : - Israël SILVESTRE : Plan de la Maison Royalle de Versailles (1674) - Chasteau Royal de Versailles, veu du milieu de la grande avenüe (1674) - Chasteau Royal de Versailles veu de l'avant-cour (1674) - Veüe du Chasteau de Versailles, du costé du Jardin (1674) - Veüe du Chasteau, des Jardins, et de la ville de Versailles, du costé de l'Estang (1674) - Veüe du Chasteau de Versailles, du costé de l'allée d'eau, et de la fontaine du Dragon (1676) - Plan général du Chasteau, et du petit parc de Versailles (1680) - Chasteau de Versailles veu de la grande place (1684), Chasteau de Versailles veu de l'Avant cour (1682) - Veüe du Chasteau de Versailles et des deux costé des Jardins (1682). - Jean-Baptiste NOLIN: Elevation of the façade of the orangery at Versailles (1688). - Pierre LEPAUTRE: Elevation of one of the sides of the King's stables, on the avenues at Versailles (1689). Tears without loss repaired with scotch tape on the third plate. Tear without damage to the engraving and light wetness to the Nolin plate. Some foxing. 2. [Grotte, labyrinthe, fontaines, bassins de Versailles] 10 plates from the sixth volume of the King's Cabinet, engraved by : - Pierre LEPAUTRE: Latone entre ses deux Enfans Apollon et Diane (1678) - Fontaine de Flore, accompagnée d'un bassin doré semé de fleurs, dans les Jardins de Versailles (1680) - Encelade de bronze, accablé sous des rochers, et poussant en l'air un gros jet d'eau (1677). - Israël SILVESTRE: Artificial marsh, surrounded by brazen ferns and water jets (1680) - Three fountains in the Garden of Versailles (1684) - Fountain of Fame in the Garden of Versailles (1682) - Water theatre in the Gardens of Versailles (1680). - Louis de CHÂTILLON: Fountain of Apollo, at the head of the grand canal at Versailles (1683). - Louis SIMONNEAU: Fountain of the baths of Apollo in the garden of Versailles (1688), Main view of the water theatre (1689). Some foxing on the edges of the plates. 3. [A single plate by Israël SILVESTRE from the thirteenth volume of the King's Cabinet, entitled: Veüe du Chasteau de Chambor, du costé de l'entrée (1678). This is the only plate in the collection that does not concern Versailles. A small tear but not missing. 4. [18 other plates from the sixth volume of the King's Cabinet, engraved by : - Jean LEPAUTRE : Bronze child representing the Genie of Royal Power, seated on an Eagle, which pushes in the air a large jet of water (1677) - Bronze child representing the Genie of Value, seated on a Lion in front of a Wolf, which pushes in the air a large jet of water (1676) - Bronze child representing the Genie of Wealth, seated on Cerberus, which pushes in the air a large jet of water (1676) - Two bronze Lovers who join with a Sea Squirrel, which makes a jet of water (1677) - Two bronze Lovers who hold a Lyre, from which comes out a jet of water (1677) - Two bronze Lovers who join with a Swan, which makes a jet of water (1677) - Two bronze Lovers which join with a Gryphon, which makes a jet of water (1676) - A bronze Love with its quiver, from which go out arrows of water (1676) - A bronze Love which draws an arrow of water (1677) - Basin of 10 feet in quarré, of a single stone, and in the middle three small Dancers of gilded metal, who support a bronze basin (1672) - Basin of 10 feet in diameter, of a single stone and in the middle two young girls with a small love of gilded metal (1673) - Basin [......] in the middle three small children of gilded metal (1673) - Basin of 10 feet [...] and in the middle three small Instrument Players (1673) - Basin [...] and in the middle three small Satyrs (1673) - Basin [...] and in the middle three small Tritons (1673) - Basin [...] and in the middle three small Termes of gilded metal, which support a bronze basket (1673). - Pierre LEPAUTRE: Bronze statue of Venus elevated on a white marble basin, forming one of the ornaments of the fountain called the Water Gallery (1679) - Gilded bronze figures of a Triton and a Siren, holding a conch, from which comes a large jet of water, in the fountain called the Siren (1679). Some foxing. 5. [Statues antiques et modernes] 32 plates from the seventh volume of the King's Cabinet, engraved by : - Gérard EDELINCK: Latona, between her two children Apollo and Diana, asking Jupiter for revenge for the insolence of the peasants of Lycia, who are turned into frogs (1679) - Diana. Marble statue, seven feet high (1681). - Venus. Marble statue, seven feet high (1680) - Air (1679) - Earth (1681) - A girl in Bergere garb (1681). - Gérard AUDRAN: Ravissement de Proserpine (1680) - Le Point du Jour (1681) - L'Afrique (1681). - Jean LEPAUTRE: Statue of a Satyr accompanied by a small Satyr (1675) - Statue of a Drummer Girl, with a small Love near her (1672) - Statue of a Satyr (1675) - Statue of a Nymph holding a crown (1672) - Statue of a Satyr holding a bunch of grapes (1672) - Statue of a Faun (1672) - Jupiter. Juno (1674) - Apollo. Daphne (1674) - Mercury. Minerva (1674) - Adonis. Venus (1674) - Bacchus. Ariadne (1674) - Endimion. Diana (1674) - Comus. Pan (1674) - Perseus. Andromeda (1674) - Hercules. Omphale (1674) - Bronze vase 2 feet 6 inches high (6 plates, 1673). - François CHAUVEAU: Statue of a Drummer Girl, accompanied by a small satyr (1675) - Statue of a Dancer (1675). Tear without missing on the bottom of several plates by Jean Lepautre. Red stain with damage to the frame, on the top of the plates of the Terms (Jupiter. Juno and following) and those of the vases. A fine copy in contemporary morocco with the arms and cipher of the king. Some dark marks on the boards, notably on the lower corner of the first board, holes and wormholes at the ends of the spine, cracking at the hinges, corners slightly dulled, some rubbing from use.