[SACRE] LE SACRE DE LOUIS XV, Roy de France et de Navarre, d - Lot 298

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[SACRE] LE SACRE DE LOUIS XV, Roy de France et de Navarre, d - Lot 298
[SACRE] LE SACRE DE LOUIS XV, Roy de France et de Navarre, dans l'église de Reims, le dimanche XXV octobre MDCCXXII. [Paris, Chalcographie du Louvre], s.d. Gr. in-folio, [74] pl. (numerous freckles, ring of wetness affecting the bottom of the work, one or other subject of the pl. affected by freckles). Pastiche binding in full porphyry calf with gilt decoration, boards decorated with a double rat's tooth frame, roulette and small irons in the corners, diamond-shaped composition in the center, spine with five wide ribbed bands, red title page, chases decorated with stripes, marbled paper endpapers, red head (E. Trépagne, Namur). (Rubbed, a few spots, dull corners with small tears). Superb fully engraved work (1st ed., 1723), reprinted from the Chalcographie du Louvre (dry stamps marked "Musées impériaux" or "Musées nationaux"). It comprises 1 title, 9 double-page plates depicting the major moments of the coronation (rising, on the way to the cathedral, arrival of the Holy Ampoule, anointing, coronation, royal feast, etc.), 30 plates of costumes of the various protagonists, 32 leaves of text in engraved frames (praise, warning, historical description and explanation of the allegorical figures), 1 double-page table and 1 f. index of the names of the painters and engravers. Nicely executed pastiche by Namur bookbinder Trépagne, active between 1843 and 1872. Cf. Dubois d'Enghien, pp. 228-229, who mentions our quoted ex. in the "Bibliothèque R. Fester" catalogue of bookseller R. Simonson. Simonson (1951, no. 80). Ref. Cohen, 917-918; - Lipperheide, 2713; not in Colas. Provenance: Wolvenbosch bookplate.
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