[Collection of engraved architectural designs]
Contributors: Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726-1786; Littret de Montigny, Claude Antoine, 1735-1775; Puisieux, Jean-Baptiste; Germain, P., former owner; Gault de Saint-Germain, P. M. (Pierre Marie), 1756-1842; Caillou, Marguerite, -1755; Daumont, Jean-Francois
Publisher: Chez la Ve de F. Chereau, rue St. Jacques aux 2 piliers d'or; Chez Daumont, rue St. Martin
Published: 1750
Place of publication: A Paris; A Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Fountains; Pictorial works; Early works to 1800; Fireplaces; Stoves; Sepulchral monuments; Architecture; Designs and plans; Porte cocheres; Mantles
Notes: None of the suites of prints bound together here exactly matches those described in the Ornamentsammlung.

Comprises 24 full-page plates, 16 plates, two to a leaf, and two plates on double leaves: 6 plates of fountains; 6 plates of porte[s] cochère[s] of which 1 is signed in plate Bellicard inv.;  6 designs for buildings; 6 mantles; 4 leaves (8 images) poele[s] antique[s]; 4 leaves (8 images of which one is "Fontaine pour un jardin") of tombeau[x] antique[s]; 1 double size plate "Décoration géometrale d'une fontaine d'ordre dorique tirée du cabinet de Monsieur de Puisieux le fils architect-inspecteur  ..." A Paris chez Daumont rue St. Martin (on fountain Ludovicus 1763); 1 double plate "Elévation d'une fontaine public dediée à Monsieur Littret de Montigny graveur de portrait par son amy Le Canu". A Paris chez Daumont rue St. Martin (on fountain Ludovicus 1764).

The suite of plates of fountains is also available by itself in Avery Classics: AA9400 C16 F.

The suite of plates of mantles is also available by itself in Avery Classics: AA3050 C16 F.

Avery Classics copy: Bookplate on free front endpaper with initials P.G.; signed in plate "P. Germain jn. C.P.R., Pasquier"; motto on bookplate reads "Pulchra Tenaciter Collegi".