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PATTE (Pierre). Monumens érigés en France à la gloire de Louis XV... A Paris, chez l'auteur, 1765; [bound in suite]: BOFFRAND (Germain). Description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure équestre de Louis XIV... A Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1743. Two works in one in-folio volume, contemporary mottled havane calf, 6-ribbed spine, red title page, small gilt-lettered caissons, double gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (binding rubbed, spine and corners restored without finesse; in the second work, lateral margin of a short plate and 2 plates lacking, qq. small marginal defects). 1. PATTE. First edition of this work composed to the glory of the king. [2] f., 232 p. [1] f., 57 copper-engraved plates and 4 engraved vignettes by Cochin, Marvye, Le Mire, the first after Boucher. 2. BOFFRAND. Unique early edition of this work describing the technical feat achieved in casting the great equestrian statue of Louis XIV. Bilingual text in French and Latin. [4] f., 63 p., 19 (of 21) plates (numbered I to XVIII, 2 plates numbered XVII: without plates 10 and 11).

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PATTE (Pierre). Monumens érigés en France à la gloire de Louis XV... A Paris, chez l'auteur, 1765; [bound in suite]: BOFFRAND (Germain). Description de ce qui a été pratiqué pour fondre en bronze d'un seul jet la figure équestre de Louis XIV... A Paris, Guillaume Cavelier, 1743. Two works in one in-folio volume, contemporary mottled havane calf, 6-ribbed spine, red title page, small gilt-lettered caissons, double gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (binding rubbed, spine and corners restored without finesse; in the second work, lateral margin of a short plate and 2 plates lacking, qq. small marginal defects). 1. PATTE. First edition of this work composed to the glory of the king. [2] f., 232 p. [1] f., 57 copper-engraved plates and 4 engraved vignettes by Cochin, Marvye, Le Mire, the first after Boucher. 2. BOFFRAND. Unique early edition of this work describing the technical feat achieved in casting the great equestrian statue of Louis XIV. Bilingual text in French and Latin. [4] f., 63 p., 19 (of 21) plates (numbered I to XVIII, 2 plates numbered XVII: without plates 10 and 11).

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