Plans et élévations de la Place royale de Nancy & des autres édifices qui l'environnens bâtie par les ordres du roy de Pologne, duc de Lorraine
By: dedié au roy de France par Héré, premier architecte de la Majesté polonoise
Contributors: François, Jean-Charles, 1717-1769; Choffard, Pierre-Philippe, 1730-1809; Jardinier, Claude Donat, 1726-; Marcade, J. de la, active 18th century; Durand, Jean-Nicolas-Louis, 1760-1834; Basset l'aine
Publisher: Ches François, graveur ordinaire de sa majesté ...
Published: 1753
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Statues; Urban beautification; Designs and plans; City planning; Place Stanislas (Nancy, France); Architecture; Pictorial works; Monuments; Ironwork
Notes: This work often considered part 3 of Heré's Recueil des plans, elevations et coupes (1e pte.) ... and Suite des plans (2e pte.) ... des chateaux, jardins et dependences que le Roy de Pologne occupe in Lorraine ... although it is not bibliographically associated.

Plates engraved by a number of artists, 8 by François himself, some after etching by others. Artists include: P.-P. Choffard, C.-D. Jardinier, J. de la Marcade, Durand, Basset l'aine.

Includes 3 engraved preliminaries including a medallion port. of Louis XV; 8 engravings (the ironwork fencing and gates "Fait par Lamour, serurrier de Roy") of the Place royale (now Place Stanislas); 2 of Louis XV's statue "Guibal sculptor Reg.? in." (replaced since 1805 by one of Stanislas) and his fountains; the Bourse de commerce, and 2 of the Intendence.

Title page designed and engraved by Choffard; plates engraved by J.Ch. François.

Avery Classics copy: Bound with: Recueil de plans / Emmanuel Héré. [1753-56].

Herold, J. François, p. 131

BN. Inventaire du fonds fran. 18. s., IX, p. 346, 292-298, IV, p. 371, 7-8

Mac. enc. of architects, II, p.356-359