Traité des tournois, joustes, carrousels et autres spectacles publics

by Claude Francois Ménestrier

$3,500 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

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Lyons: Jacques Muguet, 1669. 4to, xvi , 400 pp. with the 2 cancels C2-3 included in the preliminaries. Illustrated with an engraved title page vignette variant featuring crest in an architectural setting , dedication vignette, 22 headpiece vignettes, some signed by Derbage several repeated and 23 historiated initials. 19th century tree calf without bands, backstrip with gilt rolls and morocco label, edges sprinkled, ribbon. Boards slightly rubbed, lower joint neatly

• Binding: Leather

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