Lot 133
  • 133

Relation de l'arrivée du roi au Havre-de-Grace le 19 septembre 1749. Paris, 1753.

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Louis XV
  • Relation de l'arrivée du roi au Havre-de-Grace le 19 septembre 1749.Paris, 1753.
Grand in-folio (628 x 465 mm).



illustration : 4 vignettes et 6 planches doubles gravées par Le Bas.



reliure de l'époque. Maroquin rouge, large roulette aux motifs d'oiseaux et grappes, petit fer fleurdelisé, fleurons d'angles d'une plaque dorée, armes centrales de Louis XV (OHR 2495, fer 10) dos à nerfs orné et doré du chiffre royal accompagné d'une petite fleur (marque de Guillaume Mercier).
Eraflures, coins frottés, restaurations  au dos, mors partiellement fendus.

Provenance

Michel Wittock (ex-libris).

Literature

Cohen 868.

Condition

Eraflures, coins frottés, restaurations au dos, mors partiellement fendus.
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Catalogue Note

Majestueuse reliure de présent attribuable à Guillaume Mercier, exécutée dans l'atelier de la Bibliothèque royale.