LOUIS XIV - Lot 455

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LOUIS XIV - Lot 455
LOUIS XIV Metallic history of the reign of Louis XIV Medals on the main events of the reign of Louis the Great with historical explanations by the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Medals. Paris Imprimerie Royale M.DCCII (1702). Engraved title with vignette, allegorical frontispiece engraved after the drawings of A. Coypel by Simonneau l'Ainé. Each page in a border engraved by Simonneau containing engraved medals by Cochin and vignettes by Leclerc. 292 pages gilt on edge and plates. The preface of 11 leaves is missing as it was removed on most copies at the request of King Louis XIV himself who did not validate it. Bound in brown morocco with gilt irons with the royal arms. (45 cm x 31 cm x 6,5 cm) Very rare. Binding damaged. Interior in very good condition despite some stains and foxing on pages 3 and 4 folded. Very rare. Very nice. The metallic history of Louis XIV is a work prepared from 1694, published in 1702 by the ten or so members of the Petite Académie, including the two royal historiographers Racine and Boileau.
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