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LOUIS XV - ROYAL BINDING DU FAUR DE GACHE (Le Père) Eloge de Louis XV. Prononce' dans l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, devant M. le Prevôt des Marchands & Messieurs les Echevins, pour les inviter à une cérémonie solemnelle qui se pratique tous les ans au Louvre, le jour de Saint Louis, pour le conservation du Roi, LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY FROM LOUIS XV TO HIS QUEEN image 1
LOUIS XV - ROYAL BINDING DU FAUR DE GACHE (Le Père) Eloge de Louis XV. Prononce' dans l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, devant M. le Prevôt des Marchands & Messieurs les Echevins, pour les inviter à une cérémonie solemnelle qui se pratique tous les ans au Louvre, le jour de Saint Louis, pour le conservation du Roi, LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY FROM LOUIS XV TO HIS QUEEN image 2
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LOUIS XV - ROYAL BINDING
DU FAUR DE GACHE (Le Père) Eloge de Louis XV. Prononce' dans l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, devant M. le Prevôt des Marchands & Messieurs les Echevins, pour les inviter à une cérémonie solemnelle qui se pratique tous les ans au Louvre, le jour de Saint Louis, pour le conservation du Roi, LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY FROM LOUIS XV TO HIS QUEEN

10 November 2009, 11:00 GMT
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LOUIS XV - ROYAL BINDING

DU FAUR DE GACHE (Le Père) Eloge de Louis XV. Prononce' dans l'Hotel de Ville de Paris, devant M. le Prevôt des Marchands & Messieurs les Echevins, pour les inviter à une cérémonie solemnelle qui se pratique tous les ans au Louvre, le jour de Saint Louis, pour le conservation du Roi, LARGE PAPER PRESENTATION COPY FROM LOUIS XV TO HIS QUEEN, the words "Pour la Reyne" and their attribution to Louis on an illustrated note tipped-in at front, half-title, some light spotting and soiling, bookplate of Michael Chasles, contemporary French red morocco, the covers with triple gilt filet borders enclosing central arms of Louis XV and a fleur-de-lys in each corner, gilt panelled spine with repeated fleurs-de-lys in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, blue watered silk endpapers, g.e., 8vo, Paris, Knapen, 1755

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A FINE COPY OF A SCARCE EULOGY, FROM THE ROYAL LIBRARY OF LOUIS XV AND INSCRIBED TO HIS QUEEN. The inscription "Pour la Reyne" appears above a small ink and wash medallion sketch depicting two classical figures, with the motto "Pietas, et honos", tipped-in on the verso of the front free endpaper. A longer note surrounding the sketch attributes the inscription to Louis and gives the provenance: "Ces mots cy dessus sont ecrits de la main de Louis XV/c'est son Bibliothecaire qui me la donné, il se nommait Moët... pour mon ami... [?]Versailles". Provenance: from the Library of the late Major John McLaughlin, but not in his sale.

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