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[NAVY]. Ordinance of Louis XIV […] Issued at Fontainebleau in the month of August 1681. Concerning the Navy. Paris: Denys Thierry and Christophe Ballard, 1681. In-4°, brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with lilies (contemporary binding). à4, A-Z4, Aa-Ll4, Ll*, Mm-Oo4, Pp2, Qq-Ss4 & [I unsigned folio (Privilege)]. FIRST EDITION of Colbert’s Great Ordinance on the Navy, one of the most important under the Ancien Régime. Long handwritten copy in calligraphic script on the title page of the “Declaration of July 1, 1634. // Registered on the 27th of the same month. For the First Meridian,” printed by Sébastien Cramoisy, 1634. Original signature on p. 1: “Guérin.” Minor damage to the binding; a small wormhole on quires G through O.
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