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VANEL, Claude. *Les Galanteries des rois de France*. Cologne, published by Pierre Marteau, n.d. (c. 1730). In-16 (14 x 8 cm), marbled calfskin, smooth spine decorated with panels. Gold fillets on the covers. Red edges. Period binding. 3 vols.: 223 pp. - 277 pp. - 234 pp. Normal wear and tear. New edition, expanded to include a third volume; the first two volumes were first published in 1694. It is beautifully illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece (“France Subjugated by the Power of Love”), three engraved title pages, and five captioned, unsigned plates. A collection of romantic anecdotes about the kings of France from Pharamond to Louis XIV, attributed to Claude Vanel, historian and magistrate. A fine copy.
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