Traité Des Tournois, Joustes, Carrousels, Et Autres Spectacles Publics
Dedication signed by the author, Claude François Menestrier Etched t.p. vignette (monogram). Engraved coat of arms at head of dedication to the comte de St. Paul; it is signed: Auroux. Except for the last two, each of the 23 chapters opens with an etched or engraved head-piece depicting a spectacle (repeats). The text of these chapters begins with an etched or engraved historiated initial. Some of the head-pieces are signed: Derbage. Two initials are signed: n.g. The head-piece on p. [181] is a
...cancel. Most chapters end with a woodcut tail-piece depicting the French royal crown with crossed sceptres Signatures: [par.] ²[par.]² A-B C(C3+'C3') D-3D (Ee2, Yy2 missigned Dd2, Xx2) Errata, last p Getty copy includes both the original C3, and the cancel with head-piece and initial Bound with c. 1 of: Tabulae historicae Henrici IV (Lugduni : Sumptibus Horatii Cardon, 1615) Binding: old mottled calf. Triple fillets in blind along margins of boards. Spine tooled in gilt with title on red label. Gilt roll on edges of boards. Page edges marbled Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of P. Guiraudus, now partly mutilated
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