Accession number
PML 127069
Creator
Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703.
Published
A Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, 1670.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1990.
Notes
Dedication signed: Perrault.
Colophon: A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, directeur de cette imprimerie. M.DC.LXX.
Illustrations engr. by I. Silvestre and F. Chauveau. Title page (with port. of Louis XIV) engr. by G. Rousselet.
"Circus regius, sive Pompa equestris Ludovici XIV: carmen heroicum" (by Fléchier), p. 65-104; with separate colophon in Latin.
Single leaf signatures: [a] [e] i o A-D [E]-[L] N-V [X] Y [Z] 2A [2B] 2C-2G [2H] 2I [2K] 2L-2P [2Q] 2R [2S] 2T-2Z [3A] 3B [3C] 3D-3I [3K] 3L-3P, 3O-4K + 3 double plates.
4 double plates with multiple images included in early pagination (3rd group, [E]-[L]), 3 double plates of single images not included in pagination.
Colophon: A Paris, de l'Imprimerie royale, par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, directeur de cette imprimerie. M.DC.LXX.
Illustrations engr. by I. Silvestre and F. Chauveau. Title page (with port. of Louis XIV) engr. by G. Rousselet.
"Circus regius, sive Pompa equestris Ludovici XIV: carmen heroicum" (by Fléchier), p. 65-104; with separate colophon in Latin.
Single leaf signatures: [a] [e] i o A-D [E]-[L] N-V [X] Y [Z] 2A [2B] 2C-2G [2H] 2I [2K] 2L-2P [2Q] 2R [2S] 2T-2Z [3A] 3B [3C] 3D-3I [3K] 3L-3P, 3O-4K + 3 double plates.
4 double plates with multiple images included in early pagination (3rd group, [E]-[L]), 3 double plates of single images not included in pagination.
Description
[8], 8, [16] p.; 17-61, [1] leaves; 63-67, [1], 65-104 p.; [3] folded leaves of plates : ill., ports. ; 56 cm.
Provenance
Florencio Gavito (bookplate, probably Florencio Gavito, 1882-1960), Bert Freidus.
Binding
Mottled calf, with gold-tooled arms of Louis XIV on both covers (Olivier 2494, no. 10), and his cipher in spine compartments.
Classification
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