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1141 - [PERRAULT, Charles] Testes and Ring Races Held by the King, and by the Princes and Lords of His Court in the Year 1662. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1670. Large folio: [8, including frontispiece]-8 (of 16) pp.—17/67 ff., 65–104 pp. (pp. 9–16 missing; hole in the text on p. 57; water stains throughout; some spots). Modern gray cloth, flat spine. First edition of the account of the 1662 “Grand Carrousel” organized by Louis XIV, illustrated with engravings by Fr. Chauveau and I. Silvestre. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Louis XIV, 7 double-page plates: 3 with large views of the amphitheater and 4 with 8 views of the procession leading up to the amphitheater, 5 full-page plates showing parts of the procession, 30 in-text plates—including 1 double-page plate—depicting costumed participants, 10 plates of emblems, and some decorative headbands and initials. It concludes with a Latin account of the festivities by E. Fléchier. Ref. Tchémerzine/Scheler V:162. - Cioranescu 54249. - Mennessier de La Lance II:300. - Vinet 504.
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[PERRAULT, Charles] Testes and Ring Races Held by the King, and by the Princes and Lords of His Court in the Year 1662. Paris: Royal Printing Office, 1670. Large folio: [8, including frontispiece]-8 (of 16) pp.—17/67 ff., 65–104 pp. (pp. 9–16 missing; hole in the text on p. 57; water stains throughout; some spots). Modern gray cloth, flat spine. First edition of the account of the 1662 “Grand Carrousel” organized by Louis XIV, illustrated with engravings by Fr. Chauveau and I. Silvestre. Contains a frontispiece portrait of Louis XIV, 7 double-page plates: 3 with large views of the amphitheater and 4 with 8 views of the procession leading up to the amphitheater, 5 full-page plates showing parts of the procession, 30 in-text plates—including 1 double-page plate—depicting costumed participants, 10 plates of emblems, and some decorative headbands and initials. It concludes with a Latin account of the festivities by E. Fléchier. Ref. Tchémerzine/Scheler V:162. - Cioranescu 54249. - Mennessier de La Lance II:300. - Vinet 504.
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