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Bobins V, 1562; Cohen-de Ricci 895 (129 plates); Millard French 146 (124 plates only).<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">Exceptional copy, complete and richly coloured of Rigaud\u2019s most important work, and among the most celebrated series of prints of the 18th century in France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The magnificent views depict the grandeur of French royal palaces, chateaux and ornamental gardens and parks, and \u2018are animated with figures \u2026 that suggest the influence of the work of his contemporary Watteau\u2019 (Millard). Among those featured are palaces at Paris, Versailles Fontainebleau, Chantilly, Marly, Saint-Cloud, Chambord, Anet, Blois, Monceau, Clagny, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Vincennes, and Amboise. The present copy is the second issue, with the plates mostly numbered in series and published by Ch\u00e9reau et Basan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">The son of an apothecary, the draughtsman and engraver Jacques Rigaud was born near Aix-en-Provence and began his career in Marseille, although little is known of his training and early life. He seems to have started his career under the protection and patronage of Nicolas Lamoignon, Marquis de Basville, a magistrate and governor of the Languedoc region. Rigaud\u2019s earliest dated drawing is a large and panoramic View of Toulon During the Siege of 1707, executed when the artist was twenty-six years old; the drawing, which was also reproduced as an engraving, is today in the Mus\u00e9e du Vieux Toulon. Rigaud came to be best known as a printmaker, with around two hundred prints. Until 1720 he worked in Marseille and elsewhere in Provence, creating a number of engravings under the themes of <i>Sc\u00e8nes de jeux et f\u00eates en Provence<\/i> and <i>Marines o\u00f9 sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s divers sujets des gal\u00e8res<\/i>; the latter series was dedicated to Jean-Philippe d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, known as the Chevalier d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, who served as g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des gal\u00e8res for his father, Philippe d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, Regent of France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In 1720 Rigaud produced four remarkable views of Marseille during the plague of that year, but soon afterwards settled in Paris, where he worked as a draughtsman and printseller, with a shop on the rue Saint Jacques. Aptly described by the modern architectural and garden historian John Harris as \u2018a most exquisite draughtsman\u2019, Rigaud became known in particular for his drawings of views of Paris and other French cities, ch\u00e2teaux and gardens, most of which were published as sets of engravings, notably <i>Les Promenades du Luxembourg<\/i>, which appeared in 1729, and the magisterial series <i>Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, des ch\u00e2teaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs<\/i>, which he began the following year. Rigaud\u2019s most important work, and among the most celebrated prints of the 18th century in France, the series of <i>Maisons Royales de France<\/i> was eventually completed by the artist\u2019s nephew, Jean-Baptiste Rigaud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">In February 1733 Rigaud travelled to London, apparently at the invitation of the Royal Gardener, Charles Bridgeman. He worked in England for about a year and a half, mainly in London, where he produced views of the Royal residences and parks, including St. James\u2019s Park, Hampton Court and Richmond. He also worked for a number of aristocratic and noble patrons, producing views of Stowe for Lord Cobham and the garden at Chiswick House for Lord Burlington, as well as views of Claremont for the Duke of Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">A magnificent copy of this extremely rare work.<span style=\"font-variant:small-caps\">&nbsp; <\/span>Only one other coloured copy is recorded in RBH.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Provenance: Thomas de Schietere, seigneur de Lophem (inscription recording the volume\u2019s descent to his daughter:) \u2013 Madame van Heuren (Maria Anna Jozefina de Schietere de Lophem (1764-1804; second wife of Joseph van Heuren ; by descent to;) \u2014 Baron Charles Gill\u00e8s de P\u00e9lichy (1872-1958; Bruges (20th-century booklabel) \u2013 [sold Paris, Alde, 6 May 2011] \u2013 Norman Bobins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">Oblong folio (361 x 540 mm). Engraved title and 129 engraved plates after Jacques Rigaud, all fully coloured by a contemporary hand, most of the plates numbered in series (colouring just rubbed in one plate, caption in one plate rubbed). 18th-century red morocco-backed paste-paper boards, spine bands bordered in gilt, green leather spine label, blue mottled edges (gently rubbed); modern red morocco folding box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":84688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[552],"product_tag":[1213,1236],"class_list":{"0":"post-84719","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"product_tag-history","8":"product_tag-illustrations-2","9":"pa_auteur-rigaud-jacques-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":"Jacques RIGAUD","chapeau":"Brilliantly coloured","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Ch\u00e9reau et Basan, [apr\u00e8s 1755]","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RIGAUD Jacques Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, des ch\u00e2teaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs - Libairie Clavreuil<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.librairieclavreuil.com\/en\/rigaud-jacques-recueil-choisi-des-plus-belles-vues-des-palais-des-chateaux-et-maisons-royales-de-paris-et-des-environs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RIGAUD Jacques Recueil choisi des plus belles vues des palais, des ch\u00e2teaux et maisons royales de Paris et des environs - Libairie Clavreuil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oblong folio (361 x 540 mm). 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