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VULSON de LA COLOMBIÈRE (Marc de). Les Portraits des hommes illustres françois qui sont peints dans la gallerie du palais cardinal de Richelieu, avec leurs principales actions, armes, devises et éloges latins. Paris, Henry Sara, Jean Paslé & Charles de Sercy, chez les autheurs, 1650. In-folio of (34) pages, red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine (20th century binding). First edition and first print run of this magnificent collection of portraits drawn and engraved by Zacharie Heince and François Bignon. The illustrations include a title vignette with the coat of arms of Chancellor Seguier, a frontispiece with the coat of arms of Cardinal de Richelieu, a headband and a lettering in the dedication epistle, and 26 intaglio portraits of illustrious men and women: Du Guesclin, Joan of Arc, Gaston de Foix, Anne de Montmorency, Lesdiguières, Blaise de Monluc, Henri IV, Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans. Scenes from the lives of the characters depicted surround each portrait. A good copy, with an engraved portrait of the author mounted before the title.

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VULSON de LA COLOMBIÈRE (Marc de). Les Portraits des hommes illustres françois qui sont peints dans la gallerie du palais cardinal de Richelieu, avec leurs principales actions, armes, devises et éloges latins. Paris, Henry Sara, Jean Paslé & Charles de Sercy, chez les autheurs, 1650. In-folio of (34) pages, red half-maroquin with corners, smooth spine (20th century binding). First edition and first print run of this magnificent collection of portraits drawn and engraved by Zacharie Heince and François Bignon. The illustrations include a title vignette with the coat of arms of Chancellor Seguier, a frontispiece with the coat of arms of Cardinal de Richelieu, a headband and a lettering in the dedication epistle, and 26 intaglio portraits of illustrious men and women: Du Guesclin, Joan of Arc, Gaston de Foix, Anne de Montmorency, Lesdiguières, Blaise de Monluc, Henri IV, Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans. Scenes from the lives of the characters depicted surround each portrait. A good copy, with an engraved portrait of the author mounted before the title.

Estimate 400 - 500 EUR

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