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Lot 1489

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De historische gedenkpenningen van Lodewyk den XIV [trsl. from the French and ed. by J. Goeree].

[GROS de BOZE, Claude]

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Amsterdam, A. van Damme, 1712

4to: [3]-286 [= 291] pl.-[10] ff. (heavy marg. damspstaining to last ff. with some marg. defects, blank fore-edge margin of nr. 41 partly torn off).

Contemp. blind-st. vellum, flat spine. Good copy.

One of the few copies entirely printed in red (apart from for the printed index at the end). Engravings by the Dutch artist Jan Goeree (1670-1731) for the Dutch translation/adaptation (1712) of "Médailles sur les principaux evenements du règne de Louis le Grand" (Paris 1702, cf. infra), consisting of 3 full-page pl. (incl. front. and portrait) and 291 full-page pl. of medals (numb. 1-286, plus 7 bis (29, 41, 55, 87, 131, 185, 235) and a tailpiece; pl. numb. 83 & 84 missing).
Ref. STCN (only 2 copies printed in red). - Not in BL.
Prov. Comte de Hemricourt (armorial bookpl. & ticket).
Joined: Id. - Historische gedenk-penningen van Lodewijk den XIV. vertonende al het voorgevallene onder de regering van dien koning [...] naar de oorspronkelyke medalien [...] [trsl. from the French and ed. by J. Goeree]. Ibid., 1712. 8vo: [15] ff., 142-[5]-143/286-[4] ff. (1st and last ff. mounted, some spotting, dampstaining in bottom margin). Contemp. vellum (recased), flat spine. Critically annotated Dutch version of "Médailles" (1702). Ill. with an engr. front., a medallion portrait of Louis XIV, 1 full-page pl., and 289 engr. medals (in black). Title printed in red and black. Ref. Dekesel G-135 (III). - Sloots (Warfare) 12165. - STCN. - Not in BL. Prov. W.G.D. Murray (collector's stamp). (2 vol.)

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De historische gedenkpenningen van Lodewyk den XIV [trsl. from the French and ed. by J. Goeree].

Lot 1489

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