PERRAULT (Charles). Testes and Ring races, made by the King - Lot 319

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PERRAULT (Charles). Testes and Ring races, made by the King - Lot 319
PERRAULT (Charles). Testes and Ring races, made by the King and by the Princes and Lords of his court in the year 1662. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1670, In-plano, 4 ff. including the front. and 104 pp., brown speckled calf, fawn calf frame, cold castor in frame, central patch of speckled calf bearing the arms of Louis XIV, spine ribbed with fleur-de-lys, fawn title piece (Rel. ep.). First edition and first print run of this luxurious publication, which illustrates the celebrations held in Paris on 5 and 6 June 1662 to celebrate the birth of the Dauphin: games of skill, equestrian competitions, quadrilles... This famous work, which was later included in the collection of the King's cabinet, includes a false title, a title engraved by Rousselet with the King's bust on a Tuileries background, and 96 plates engraved by Chauveau and Silvestre, including 4 double plates with 7 engravings depicting the procession and a title banner, 3 large double-page plates, 30 costume engravings (including 29 full-page, American, Indian, Moorish.. and a double plate depicting the king as a Roman emperor) and 55 engraved currency cartridges printed on 10 pages. Copy bearing the arms of Louis XIV, on an insert: OHR, pl. 2494, iron no. 10. Ancient restorations, dampenings, broken corners with lacks, renewed guards, very damaged binding, epiderminations.
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