Louis XIV--[Charpentier, François (1620-1702), Jean Racine (1639-1699), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), Jean-Paul-Bignon (1662-1743) and others] MÉDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÉNEMENTS DU RÈGNE DE LOUIS LE GRAND. PARIS: IMPRIMERIE ROYALE, 1702 folio (430 x 285mm.), [16 (title-page, and 14-page preface supplied in manuscript)], [6 (table of contents)]pp., letter-press captions on all 286 plates, illustration: engraved frontispiece by Simonneau after Coypel, engraved vignette on title-page, 286 plates, each with 2 medals engraved by Cochin père and most with a tail-piece engraved by Le Clerc, engraved borders by Simonneau on every plate and page, binding: contemporary French red morocco gilt, three-line border, French royal arms on sides, spine gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lys and the crowned royal cypher, binding slightly rubbed, a few scratches on both covers
Louis XIV--[Charpentier, François (1620-1702), Jean Racine (1639-1699), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711), Jean-Paul-Bignon (1662-1743) and others] MÉDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX ÉVÉNEMENTS DU RÈGNE DE LOUIS LE GRAND. PARIS: IMPRIMERIE ROYALE, 1702 folio (430 x 285mm.), [16 (title-page, and 14-page preface supplied in manuscript)], [6 (table of contents)]pp., letter-press captions on all 286 plates, illustration: engraved frontispiece by Simonneau after Coypel, engraved vignette on title-page, 286 plates, each with 2 medals engraved by Cochin père and most with a tail-piece engraved by Le Clerc, engraved borders by Simonneau on every plate and page, binding: contemporary French red morocco gilt, three-line border, French royal arms on sides, spine gilt in compartments with fleurs-de-lys and the crowned royal cypher, binding slightly rubbed, a few scratches on both covers
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