( stone-paste of). Harangues on all sorts of subjects, with - Lot 635

Lot 635
Go to lot
Estimation :
800 - 1200 EUR
( stone-paste of). Harangues on all sorts of subjects, with - Lot 635
( stone-paste of). Harangues on all sorts of subjects, with the art of composing them. Second edition, Augmented a large number of Precepts & Harangues, dedicated to Monsignor the Chancellor. Paris, Jean Guignard, 1693. In-4, red morocco, decoration à la Du Seuil, coat of arms in the centre, ornate back, roulette wheel with dolphin and fleur-de-lis crowned at the tail, inner roulette wheel, gilt edges (Binding of the time). Beautiful portrait of the author, engraved in intaglio by S. Thomassin. Pages 376-404 deal with the establishment of a French East India Trading Company. COPY OF A DEDICATION IN MOROCCO TO THE ARMS OF CHANCELLOR LOUIS BOUCHERAT (1616-1699). Councillor to the Paris Parliament, Master of Requests, then State Councillor, Boucherat was appointed Chancellor of France in 1685, succeeding Michel Le Tellier. It was to him that the task of carrying out the revocation of the Edict of Nantes was entrusted, signed by his predecessor just before his death. Engraved armorial bookplate from the 18th century and Franchetti ex-libris. Some nerves and hinges restored, many stitches.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue