Médailles sur les principaux évènements du Règne entier de Louis le Grand - 1702

Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1702.

Large folio, red morocco, ribbed back richly decorated with motifs and pieces of arms in each box with fleurs-de-lys in spandrels, triple gilded net framing the dishes with golden coat of arms in their center, golden roulette on the cups and interior, Ir. gilded (binding of the time).

First edition illustrated with a frontispiece by Coypel engraved by Simonneau containing a portrait of Louis XIV, an engraved title and 286 plates. The vignettes are by Leclerc, the frames by Simonneau and the medals by Cochin senior. (Cohen 695.)

Beautiful example in period morocco with the arms and cipher of Louis XIV. (O.H.R. 2494, irons n°7 & 21.) Small gallery of marginal verses to the last 20 pages.