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[PICHON (Thomas-Jean) and GOBET (Nicolas)]. Coronation of Louis XVI. Roi de France et de Navarre, à Reims, le 11 Juin 1775 ; précédé de Recherches sur le Sacre des Rois de France depuis Clovis jusqu'à Louis XV ; et suivi d'un Journal historique de ce qui s'est passé à cette auguste cérémonie. Enriched with a very large number of intaglio figures, engraved by Sieur Patas, with their explanations. Paris, Vente et Patas, 1775. In-8, marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, title page, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt fleur-de-lys in spandrels, gilt royal coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, roulette on the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Some restorations. 1 engraved title, 1 frontispiece title, 13 engraved head vignettes, 1 engraved in-text vignette, 9 double-page engravings depicting the main moments of the ceremony, 39 engraved plates depicting the costumes of the royal family and dignitaries, 1 double plate of coats of arms, all plates engraved by Patas, all decorated with an armorial frame by Arrivet. Missing, as is often the case, the folding map of Reims (Cohen 785). Several pages slightly browned, small tears at the fold in the lower margin of some double plates (not missing).

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[PICHON (Thomas-Jean) and GOBET (Nicolas)]. Coronation of Louis XVI. Roi de France et de Navarre, à Reims, le 11 Juin 1775 ; précédé de Recherches sur le Sacre des Rois de France depuis Clovis jusqu'à Louis XV ; et suivi d'un Journal historique de ce qui s'est passé à cette auguste cérémonie. Enriched with a very large number of intaglio figures, engraved by Sieur Patas, with their explanations. Paris, Vente et Patas, 1775. In-8, marbled calf, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, title page, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with gilt fleur-de-lys in spandrels, gilt royal coat of arms in the center, filleted edges, roulette on the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Some restorations. 1 engraved title, 1 frontispiece title, 13 engraved head vignettes, 1 engraved in-text vignette, 9 double-page engravings depicting the main moments of the ceremony, 39 engraved plates depicting the costumes of the royal family and dignitaries, 1 double plate of coats of arms, all plates engraved by Patas, all decorated with an armorial frame by Arrivet. Missing, as is often the case, the folding map of Reims (Cohen 785). Several pages slightly browned, small tears at the fold in the lower margin of some double plates (not missing).

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