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Livres anciens et modernes

Petity, Jean-Raymond De (Louis Xv) (Gravelot, Gabriel De Saint-A, Ubin)

Etrennes franÁoises, dÈdiÈes ‡ la ville de Paris; pour l'annÈe jubilaire du rËgne de Louis le Bien-AimÈ

Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766

950,00 €

Cole & Contreras Books

(Sitges, Espagne)

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Détails

Année
1766
Lieu d'édition
Paris
Auteur
Petity, Jean-Raymond De (Louis Xv) (Gravelot, Gabriel De Saint-A, Ubin)
Éditeurs
Pierre-Guillaume Simon
Thème
coleillus coleantiq fete book louis xv
Langues
Anglais

Description

AN UNRECORDED ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION of this commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Louis XV's coronation. 74 pp plus 9 fine full-page etched plates (complete): two plates depicting heraldic devices: five plates by Chenu, Duclos, and Littret after Gabriel de Saint-Aubin with allegorical medallions (and engraved text) depicting events from Louis' rule; and two full-page allegorical plates. AN UNRECORDED ISSUE, with an additional section devoted to the founding of the Academie Royale d'Ecriture. This section comprises 5 text pages not described in recorded editions and a full-page plate by Defehrt after Monnet (an allegory of writing). Printed on very fine, thick laid paper with ample margins. The impressions of the etchings are outstanding. 4to. Bound in quarter calf and decorated boards. Binding a bit worn, with leather missing from top of spine. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT, and incredibly fresh. Cohen-De Ricci 794.