69 - [Binding with coat of arms] [Port-Royal] A collection of 29 engraved plates relating to the abbey and the nuns of Port-Royal. Date: first half of the 18th century. One in-8 volume, in period brown sheepskin, ribbed spine, coat of arms centered on the covers. Cap bands missing, adhesive at the bottom of the spine, plates soiled, worn, with small tears, particularly along the edges; old reinforcements on the spine.

[Binding with coat of arms] [Port-Royal] A collection of 29 engraved plates relating to the abbey and the nuns of Port-Royal. Date: first half of the 18th century. One in-8 volume, in period brown sheepskin, ribbed spine, coat of arms centered on the covers. Cap bands missing, adhesive at the bottom of the spine, plates soiled, worn, with small tears, particularly along the edges; old reinforcements on the spine. 29 intaglio-engraved plates, mostly double-page spreads, including 14 plates engraved by Magdeleine Horthemels and 2 bird’s-eye-view illustrations of Port-Royal published by Masson in Paris. Binding bearing the coat of arms of Gabriel-Jérôme de Bullion de Bonnelles, Count of Esclimont (1695–1752), provost of the city, provostship, and viscountcy of Paris, and custodian of the royal privileges of the University. O.H.R., 640.