[Le Magnifique châsteau de Richelieu, en général et en particulier, ou, Les plans, les élévations, et profils généraux dudit châsteau ... commencé & archevé par Jean Armand du Plessis, cardinal duc de Richelieu, sous la conduite de Jacques le Mercier, architecte ordinaire du roy]
By: [gravé & réduit au petit-pied par Jean Marot]
Contributors: Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, duc de, 1585-1642; Lemercier, Jacques, 1585?-1654, architect
Series: Plans du Chasteau de Richelieu; Plans du Chasteau de Richelieu
Publisher: [J. Marot?]
Place of publication: Paris]
Language: fre
Number of pages: 19
Subjects: Chateaus; Pictorial works; Architecture; Designs and plans; History; Palaces; Palais-Royal (Paris, France)
Other titles: Magnifique châsteau de Richelieu; Plans, les élévations, et profils généraux dudit châsteau ... commencé & archevé par Jean Armand du Plessis, cardinal duc de Richelieu, sous la conduite de Jacques le Mercier, architecte ordinaire du roy
Notes: A bound (incomplete) volume of Marot's etched plans and views of the Chateau Richelieu. For a list (and brief descriptions) of the plates, see below.

1. 'Plan General Dv Chasteav de Richeliev' - Plan of the Chateau de Richelieu and the surrounding grounds, showing internal rooms within the chateau, courtyards, the moat, formal gardens and parterres and lawns. A scalebar below.

2. View of the cour d'honneur at the Chateau de Richelieu, the elegant courtyard enclosed on two sides by matching ranges with central domes and end pavilions, the stately chateau beyond with pavilions at each corner and a domed corps de logis, the curving walls of the basse-cour to the foreground ruined in the plate to show the view, numerous figures throughout the scene including gentlemen riding to the hunt, elegantly dressed figures in conversation, and a man driving a donkey to the foreground.

3. 'Plan du Chasteau, et de la principale Cour de Richelieu.' - A plan of the ground floor and the inner court of the Chateau de Richelieu, showing the numerous rooms, such as bedchambers, the chapel, offices, kitchens, halls, and latrines, bridges across the moat. A scalebar below.

4. 'Veve Generale en Perspective dv Chasteav, des Basse-Covrs, de l'Anti-Covr, des Parterres, des Iardins, &c. de Richeliev.' - View of the Chateau de Richelieu, the elegant chateau beyond the cour d'honneur enclosed on two sides by matching ranges with central domes and end pavilions, the basse cour enclosed on two sides by separate courtyards with stables and offices, a wide avenue leading through towards the house, the gardens and parterres beyond with woods to the left and right, numerous figures throughout the scene, the whole framed to the left and right with architectural elements with statues of sphinxes.

5. 'Eleuation en Perspectiue de la principale Cour du Chasteau de Richelieu, des feu Aisles, de ses Pauillons, de ses corps de logis, et de son grand Escalier' - View of the inner court of the Chateau de Richlieu with the domed corp de logis beyond, wings enclosing the courtyard with end pavilions with squared domes, a bridge leading over the moat, the parterres and woodlands beyond, several figures throughout the scene.

6. View of the Chateau de Richelieu from the parterres behind the chateau, the corp de logis excised to allow the view, wings enclosing the inner courtyard with end pavilions with squared domes, the basse cour beyond the gatehouse, parterres to the right and lawns to the left, woodlands beyond, figures throughout the scene.

7. 'Eleuation en Perspective du Chasteau de Richelieu, de son Anti-cour, de ses Bassecours, et de tous ses autres accompagnemens.' - View of the Chateau de Richelieu, the domed corp de logis beyond the moat, parterres and lawns to the right, the other buildings of the chateau beyond, numerous figures throughout the scene includding two men with lances in the wide court beyond, three men in the shade of the large tree to the left.

8. View of the gardens of the Chateau de Richelieu, the semi-circular court with elegant parterres surrounding a central fountain, the pavillon de l'orangerie and the pavillon du chai et des caves to the left and right, a wide avenue beyond leading through the thick woodlands, mountains in the distance, figures throughout the scene including noblemen and gardeners.

9. 'Eleuation de la principale entrée du Chasteau de Richelieu.' - Elevation of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Hercules and Mars in niches on either side and a statue of Louis XIII above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, the domed end pavilions of the wings to the left and right, smaller buildings on either side.

10. 'Eleuation du grand corps de logis, et du grand Escalier, veü de la Cour du Chasteau' - Elevation of the corp de logis of the Chateau de Richelieu, the corp de logis with a domed central pavilion, statues set into niches to the walls between the windows, a cross-section through the wings to the left and right showing the interiors, a cross-section through the moat to the left and right. A scalebar below.

11. 'Eleuation de l'entrée du pont-leuis du Chasteau de Richelieu de l'ordonnance de Iaq. le Mercier Architecte du Roy.' - View of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Hercules and Mars in niches on either side and a statue of Louis XIII above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, decorative rostra and urns to the walls, the gates finely carved with steps leading up to them. A plan below.

12. 'Eleuation de l'ordre Dorique du Dosme de la terrasse dedans la cour du Chasteau de Richelieu, de l'ordonnance de Jaques le Mercier Architecte du Roy.' - View of the domed gatehouse of the Chateau de Richelieu, Venus and Apollo in niches on either side and a statue of three male figures above, with a statue of Fame crowning the dome, decorative rostra and urns to the walls. A plan below.

13. 'Eleuation d'une partie des faces, d'un coste de la Cour reduit â ses mesures et proportions.' - View of part of the wall of the Chateau de Richelieu, highly decorative dormer windows to the roof with ciphers, statues of Apollo and Hermes in the niches between the high windows to the piano nobile, busts in round niches surrounded by wreaths and acanthus leaves on either side of the ground floor windows. A scalebar below.

14. 'Eleuation et Profil du Salon de la Galerie, et du grand Escalier.' - Elevation of part of the Chateau de Richelieu, containing the gallery, salon, and grand staircase, statues in niches between the windows to the piano nobile and busts below, the end pavilions with high domes (one with a cross-section, showing the interior rooms), the moat to the left with an arch, a bridge to the right. A scalebar below.

15. 'Eleuation de la demi lune, ou de la principale entrée du Chasteau' and 'Eleuation de l'une des Faces de la Basse-cour.' - Elevation of the walls and arches of the basse-cour and the cour d'honneur at the Chateau de Richelieu, the walls surmounted by stone balls. Two scalebars below.

16. 'Eleuation de l'une des Faces de l'Anti-cour, ou des Escuries du Manege couvert, et des appartemens des Escuyers, des Palefreniers, et des autres valets d'escurie.' - View of the stables and offices at the Chateau de Richelieu, the fine range with a central domed pavilion with a cupola above and smaller pavilions to the left and right with pointed roofs, a wall extending to the left. A scalebar below.

17. 'Eleuation, et Profil d'un des costes qui regarde le Parc, du Chasteau de Richelieu.' - Elevation of the Chateau de Richelieu from the garden, the end pavilions with domes above and dormer windows to the roofs, balustrades above the moat, a bridge to the right and an archway to the left. A scalebar below.

18. 'Eleuation des logemens des laboureurs, et pour le betail.' - Elevation of the workers lodgings at the Chateau de Richelieu, the low range with dormer windows to the roof, a large end pavilion to the right and another on a smaller scale to the left (with a cross-section showing the interior), a balustrade extending to the right. A scalebar to the left.

Titled 'Plans and elevations du Chateau Richelieu' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829.

The 3 preliminary leaves, including title-page, consist of double leaves.

British Museum, Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829