Null [Anonymous]. The Coronation of Louis XV, King of France and Navarre, in the…
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[Anonymous]. The Coronation of Louis XV, King of France and Navarre, in the Church of Rheims, on Sunday, October XXV, MDCCXXII. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1723. In-plano, green morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt motifs (including repeated crowned monograms, fleurs-de-lys and coats of arms), boards framed by a large gilt fleur-de-lys lace in 5 patches with gilt coats of arms in the centre, double gilt fillet on the edges, large gilt inner scroll, gilt edges (binding signed by Derôme) Collection entirely engraved on copper, comprising 74 plates, 15 of which are double-page, by Audran, Cochin, Larmessin, Tardieu, Edelinck, etc., after the painters Pierre Dulin and Pierre-Josse Perrot. This includes: a title-frontispiece, 2 dedication plates, 2 warning plates, 9 double-page plates of "tableaux" representing the great moments of the coronation, 28 plates of descriptions and allegorical explanations accompanying these tableaux, 30 plates of costumes, a table plate, and a plate giving the names of the artists who executed the work. The texts were written by Antoine Danchet under the direction of Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon and Claude Gros de Boze. (Cohen, 916-917.) A very fine copy bound by Derôme with the arms and cipher of Louis XV (OHR, pl. n° 2495, iron n° 20 & iron n° 29).

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[Anonymous]. The Coronation of Louis XV, King of France and Navarre, in the Church of Rheims, on Sunday, October XXV, MDCCXXII. Paris, Imprimerie royale, 1723. In-plano, green morocco, spine ribbed and decorated with gilt motifs (including repeated crowned monograms, fleurs-de-lys and coats of arms), boards framed by a large gilt fleur-de-lys lace in 5 patches with gilt coats of arms in the centre, double gilt fillet on the edges, large gilt inner scroll, gilt edges (binding signed by Derôme) Collection entirely engraved on copper, comprising 74 plates, 15 of which are double-page, by Audran, Cochin, Larmessin, Tardieu, Edelinck, etc., after the painters Pierre Dulin and Pierre-Josse Perrot. This includes: a title-frontispiece, 2 dedication plates, 2 warning plates, 9 double-page plates of "tableaux" representing the great moments of the coronation, 28 plates of descriptions and allegorical explanations accompanying these tableaux, 30 plates of costumes, a table plate, and a plate giving the names of the artists who executed the work. The texts were written by Antoine Danchet under the direction of Abbé Jean-Paul Bignon and Claude Gros de Boze. (Cohen, 916-917.) A very fine copy bound by Derôme with the arms and cipher of Louis XV (OHR, pl. n° 2495, iron n° 20 & iron n° 29).

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