[Louis XV (1710-1774)].
Retenue de Menuisier ordinaire de Madame la Comtesse d'A…

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[Louis XV (1710-1774)]. Retenue de Menuisier ordinaire de Madame la Comtesse d'Artois for Sieur Francastel. Signed "Louis" (secretary) and countersigned by the Secretary of State of the King's Household Phélypeaux, given at Versailles on September 16, 1773. Dimensions: 48x32cm, on parchment, traces of folding.

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[Louis XV (1710-1774)].

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Estim. 1 800 EUR

Foreign coins FRANCE Louis XV (1715-1774) Louis d'Or 1749 W - KM 513.22 AU (g 8.14) - FDC

Foreign coins FRANCE Louis XV (1715-1774) Ecu 1746 Caen - Gad. 322 (g 29.35) Modest oxidation but nice specimen for a very rare mint - SPL+

Estim. 20 - 30 EUR

GUYOT (abbé Guillaume-Germais). Oraison funèbre de Louis XV [...] surnommé le Bien-Aimé, prononcée [...] dans l'église de Soissons, le 18 août 1774. Soissons, Louis-François Waroquier, 1774. In-4, 41 pp. half vellum, long title on spine (20th century binding). Margins of first and last leaves doubled, wetness. Copy enriched with an engraving by Dominique Collin with the handwritten title on the mount: Décoration de la Pompe funebre des deux services solennels que MM. les officiers, sergents et soldats du Régiment d'infanterie du Roi ont fait célébrer en l'église des RR. PP. Dominiquains de Nancy for the repose of the soul of the late King Louis XV, on May 26 and 27, 1774. (32.7 x 27.3 cm.) Engraving cut flush with the margins, and mounted on parchment.

Estim. 1 400 - 2 800 EUR

Rare horn box with silver mounting. Cylindrical body with hinged, slightly domed lid. The lid with lavish, open-worked silver inlays, decorated in relief. The central profile depicting Louis XV, King of France and Navarre (1710-1774). Inscribed all around "Ludovicus XV Christianissimus" and decorated with symbols such as a pair of scales, a walking lion, the French heraldic animal - a walking cockerel and a staff of Hermes. The underside decorated with a rosette. Signs of wear due to age, rest; h. 3 cm. D. 7.5 cm. A rare French silver mounted horn snuff box with profile of King Louis XV of France. Age-related signs of use, restored. France. 2nd half 18th century.

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