DAN, Pierre - Lot 24

DAN, Pierre The Treasure of the Wonders of the Royal House of Fontainebleau Paris, Sébastien Cramoisy, 1642 FIRST DESCRIPTION OF THE CHÂTEAU DE FONTAINEBLEAU WITH ITS GARDENS AND FOUNTAINS. A FINE COPY ON LARGE PAPER WITH THE CAUMARTIN COAT OF ARMS. JACQUES BEMBERG ORIGINAL EDITION In-folio (339 x 244 mm). Title page printed in red and black. Woodcut headbands, initials and tailpieces. COLLATION: ã ẽ ĩ õ ũ4 2ã2 A-Z 2A-U4 2X6 either, 22 ff. n. ch., 354 pp., 1 f. n. ch. ILLUSTRATION: 9 full-page engravings by Abraham Bosse and Michel Lasne after Tommaso Francini, including 1 cavalier view of Fontainebleau and 8 fountains. ANNOTATION: handwritten notes in brown ink by an 18th-century hand throughout the volume. EARLY 18th CENTURY BINDING. Granite calf, arms in the center of the boards, ornate spine, gilt edges. PROVENANCE: Louis-Urbain Le Fèvre de Caumartin (1653-1720; arms) -- Louis-Alexandre Barbet (1850-1931; wet stamp repeated several times; his sale, Paris, 1932, no. 532) -- unidentified armorial bookplate with a count's crown -- Jacques Bemberg (bookplate; Paris, March 6, 2014, no. 39) Without the last blank leaf. Head and spine skilfully restored. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Brunet II, 482-483 -- Berlin Katalog, no. 2460 -- Françoise Boudon and Jean Blécon, Le Château de Fontainebleau de François Ier à Henri IV : les bâtiments et leurs fonctions, Paris, Picard, 1998 -- O.H.R., pl. 651, iron no. 2