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PERRAULT, CHARLES. Courses de Testes et de Bague faittes par le Roy, et par les Princes et Seigneurs de sa Cour, en l'Annee 1662. 8 depictions of processions on 4 double pages; 3 double-page views of assembled participants and spectators; double-page illustration of the King in costume as Roman emperor on horseback; 29 large text illustrations, mostly equestrian portraits; 59 emblems of participants; and miscellaneous decorations. [8], 8 pages, 17-62 leaves, 63-67, [1], 65-104 pages, including half-title and engraved title. Broadsheet, 540x410 mm, 18th-century 1/2 morocco, worn; leaf 51 (with emblematic engravings) dampstained with traces of mold and rehinged, possibly supplied from another copy, scattered stains elsewhere, occasional marginal soiling, few minor marginal repairs. Small 19th-century monogram stamp on half-title; bookplate of Paul and Marianne Gourary. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1670
first edition of a lavishly illustrated fête book describing the famed carrousel of 1662, a spectacular equestrian display held by Louis XIV to celebrate the birth of his son. Pages 65-104 contain a Latin poem on the event by Esprit Fléchier. Tchemerzine (1977) V, 162.
