[LEBER Constant]. [Des cérémonies du sacre, ou Recherches historiques et critiques]. [Paris et Reims, Baudouin et Frémau, 1825]; in-8 with 36 plates, bound circa 1840, midnight blue half calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt faux-nerfs and fleurs-de-lis, untrimmed. Factitious collection of 36 plates illustrating the coronation of Louis XVI, re-engraved from the official volume published in 1775. It comprises 30 (of 33) plates of costumes worn by dignitaries of the kingdom, 5 beautiful double-page court scenes, a double plate of crowns and attributes of the coronation (this one engraved by Couché fils) and a view of Rheims Cathedral.

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