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Gabriel Pérelle (b. 1604, d. 1677)

Recueille Des Plus Belles Veües Des Maisons Royale De France, designé et gravé Par Pérelle. One (of 3) vols. Paris: De Poilly 1670. Oblong folio. With engraved frontispiece and 130 engraved plates with views. Measurement of sheets: 32×39 cm. Dampstains to the first 30 plates' upper part. Handwritten pencil pagination (with large types) to upper margin. Bound in cont. full calf with gilt spine.

Gabriel Pérelle was a French draftsman and printmaker of topographic views and landscapes of the Paris region, including views of castles, where he introduced the variety by adding ruins and various accessories.

Brunet IV, 494; Graesse V, 200.

Provenance: Valdemar's Castle, Tåsinge.

Auction

Books from Valdemar's Castle, 30 November 2022

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20,000–30,000 DKK

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14,000 DKK