Lot n° 6
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150 - 200
EUR
MÉNESTRIER (Claude François). History of the reign of Louis - Lot 6
MÉNESTRIER (Claude François). History of the reign of Louis the Great by the medals, emblems,
mottos, jettons, inscriptions, coats of arms, & other public monuments []. In Paris, At Robert Pepie
& J. B. Nolin, 1700. In-folio, calf, spine with ornate nerves (period binding).
"New edition, corrected & increased with a Discourse on the life of the King, & several medals & figures."
An engraved portrait of the author, a title and a dedication, some figures in the text and a double plate of
of the Place des Victoires, a title-frontispiece, a second frontispiece, 56 plates of medals, ten of mottos, eleven of heraldry
of heraldry and five miscellaneous.
Binding rubbed and flaking; small loss at head cap; leaves slightly foxed and a few stains ;
restored tear on the portrait.
Edition not cited by the B. N. F. Saffroy, I, 2196 (which does not cite the publisher Pepie).
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