Recueil des statues, groupes, fontaines, termes, vases, et autres magnifiques ornemens du chateau & parc de Versailles. Le tout gravé d'après les originaux par Simon Thomassin ... , avec les explications en françois, latin, italien & hollandois

New edition in four languages following that cited on p. 59 by Mortier in 1659. This is the third edition, the first having been published in Paris in 1694, 8vo, in French only. The remarkable illustration includes an allegorical frontispiece by Jan van Vianen, a large folding plan of the city and château of Versailles, and 218 numbered plates, five of which are folding, all engraved by P. le Gros, Garnier, I. la Clerion, N. Coustous, Cornu, after drawings by Thomassin.
The work is divided into four parts with 3 title pages in red and black for the whole (one in Dutch, one in French, and one dated 1695 by Pierre Mortier), and 4 title pages in red and black for each of the volumes, detailed as follows: vol. 1. Les statues antiques & modernes de Versailles, fig. 1-53 -- vol. 2. Les groupes de Versailles, fig. 54-85 -- vol. 3. Les fontaines et autres ornemens de Versailles, fig 86-172 -- vol. 4. Les thermes et vases de Versailles, fig. 173-218. The index is in 4 languages.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Modern handwritten title-label in black ink. Head worn. Corners bumped, one heavily exposed. Rubbing. The large folding plan bears a restoration to the verso, invisible on the recto. 4 leaves browned in the index. An old manuscript leaf at the end with the names of the sculptors.
The work in question is considered to form the finest achievement of Simon Thomassin (1653-1732), engraver to the king, who produced numerous works. The work was commissioned by Louis XIV himself in 1689.