(Versailles)PINATEL, Christiane.   LES STATUES ANTIQUES DES JARDINS DE VERSAILLES.         Paris: Picard,   1963.          First edition. A monograph on the early Greek and Roman statuary in the Gardens and Park at Versailles. The first half presents a history of the use of ancient statuary in the gardens, with particular attention paid to the origins and provenance of the pieces which found their way into the gardens during various periods. The second half provides a detailed catalogue raisonné of both the genuinely antique statuary (of which 15 pieces are identified) and the statuary falsely identified in the records as being antique.   4to (23 x 17.9 cm); 232 pp. + 20 gravure plates from photographs and one folding plan.            Original heavy paper wraps; text unopened. $85.00

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