Eqviti regiis a Cvbicvlis Primario. Heroi Virtutum et magnarum artium eximio cultori, Auorum pace belloque præstantium et
æui melioris decora referenti; Segmenta nobilium signorum e statuarū, quæ temporis dentem inuidium euasere vrbis æternæ ruinis
erepta typis æneis ab ce [sic] commissa perpetuæ uenerationis monumentum, Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D.
m.d.c.xxxviii [-m.d.c.liii.]
[
Romæ, 1638-53.]
NB86 .P46
First Edition. Folio. Engraved pictorial emblematic title-page, with dedication as above, 100 engraved plates, numbered, the first
with the imprint:
Franciscus Perrier Burgund. delin. et sculp. Romæ Superior. licentia.
1638
, 2 engraved leaves of Index at the end dated
Romæ Superiorum Licentia An M.D.C.LIII.
Brunet IV, 512 and Graesse V, 207 both describe the engraved dedication as being
sans date.
François Perrier, c. 1590-1650, surnamed the Bourguignon, French painter and engraver. He spent a number of years in Rome, and the plates
in this work are of the remains of ancient sculpture then existent in Rome.
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Le Gemme antiche figurate di Michel Angelo Causeo de la Chaussée
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 21, as above.
LA CHAUSSE,
Michel Ange de.
Le Gemme antiche figurate di Michel Angelo Causeo de La Chausse Parigino Consagrate all’Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees. In
Roma
mdcc
. Per
Gio: Giacomo Komarek Boemo alla Fontana di Trevi. Con Licenza de’ Superiori. [1700.]
First Edition. 4to. 50 leaves of text, engraved title-page by and after Petrus Sanctes Bartolus, 200 engraved plates of gems, engraved vignette on the printed title, engraved head and tail pieces and initials in the text.
Entered by Jefferson in his undated manuscript catalogue with the price
12.0.
Michel Ange de La Chausse, fl. 1700, was born in Paris. His interest in antiquity led him to go to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life.
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9
Antiques du Musée.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 8, as above.
Notice des Statues, Bustes et Bas-Reliefs, de la Galerie des Antiques du Musée Napoléon, ouverte pour la première fois le
18 Brumaire an 9. Prix
1 franc 25 cent.
A
Paris: de
l’Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, An
XI. [1802-3.]
NB87 .P25 1801
12mo. 94 leaves including the half-title and the last blank.
Jefferson’s copy was bound by John March on October 7, 1806, in calf, gilt, cost 87½ cents. This entry was marked
missing in the contemporary working copy of the Library of Congress Catalogue of 1815, and is entered in the manuscript list of missing
books made at a later date. The book is ascribed to the Jefferson collection in the catalogues of 1831 and later.
The Avis at the beginning states: “La majeure partie des Statues exposées dans la Galerie des Antiques, est le fruit des conquêtes
de l’armée d’Italie. Conformément au traité de Tolentino, elles ont été choisies au Capitole et au Vatican, par les citoyens
Berthélemy, Bertholet, Moitte, Monge, Thouin et Tinet, nommés par le Gouvernement commissaires à la recherche des objets de
Sciences et d’Arts . . . Tous les travaux qui ont été faits dans les Salles qui composent la Galerie des Antiques du Musée
central des Arts, soit pour leur donner une nouvelle disposition, soit pour leur décoration et leur embellissement, ont été
excéutés
[
sic
--
Ed.
] sur les dessins et sous la conduite du C. Raymond, membre de l’Institut national, et Architecte du Palais national des Sciences
et des Arts.”
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