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Les heros de la ligue, ou, La procession monacale : Conduitte par Louis XIV, pour la conversion des protestans de son royaume.

Accession number
PML 2849
Published
Paris [i.e. Hollande] : Chez père Peters à l'enseigne de Louis le Grand, M DCLXXXXI [1691].
Notes
Contains a satirical poem, "Sonnet. Reponse des refugiez aux persecuteurs" following 24 caricature portraits representing persons playing an important role in the religious struggles at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Each portrait is accompanied by a quatrain. The portraits have been ascribed to C. Dusart, and, with less probability, to L. Gaultier.
Hollstein attributs mezzotints to Gole after drawings by Dusart and Picart.
Engraved title page and sonnet, portraits in mezzotint.
Description
26 leaves : engravings ; 25 cm
Provenance
Thomas Powell (armorial bookplate; motto: Gwell Angau Na cywilydd).
Binding
Red morocco, gilt, by Thibaron.
Classification
Department