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Title: Labyrinte de Versailles. The Labyrinth of Versailles. Der Irr-garte zu Versailles. 't Dool-hof tot Versailles Author: [Perrault, Charles] Place: Amsterdam Publisher: Nicolaus Visscher Date: [c.1690] Description: [22], 81, [5], 79, [9] pp. Illustrated with 41 engraved plates after Willem Swidde Text in French, English, German and Dutch. (4to) 23.3x18 cm. (9¼x7"), early vellum. The first edition, published in Paris, 1677, was in French only, with engravings by Seìbastien Leclerc; this edition has the French original prose descriptions by C. Perrault and fables in verse by I. de Benserade, with translations into English by J. Morisson, into German by A. Muller, and into Dutch by A. Jansen van der Goes. It is believed to be the first multi-language edition. The labyrinth of Versailles was completed about 1675. 39 of the plates depict the 39 fountains in the maze, designed by Le Nôtre in the form of animals from Aesop's fables. The other two are a plan of the maze and a view of the entrance. Fine impressions. Brunet III, p.723. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling to vellum; hinge cracking before title-page, minor damp wrinkling, a few minor spots/marginal fingersoils, F3 spotted; near fine. Item number: 222420