Medailles Sur Les Principaux Evenements Du Regne De Louis Le Grand, Avec Des Explications Historiques. Par l'Académie Royale des Médailles & des Inscriptions.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/2319
Imprint
A Paris,: De L'Imprimerie Royale., M.DCCII.
Physical Description
[2], 286 leaves, p.287-292, frontis.: illus.; 291 mm. (Quarto)
Contents
[Frontis., t.p.] - Avertissement - [Text with illus.] - Table Des Medailles Contenues En Ce Volume; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
No illustration is signed. The frontispiece is signed as designed by Ant. Coypel and engraved by C. Simonneau and N. Pitau.
The colophon states that the work was made 'Aux dépens d'Anisson, Directeur de l'Imprimerie Royale'.
Summary Note
The book had been published the same year in folio format, and the Avertissement concedes that this quarto issue 'n'est pas de la magnificence de la premiere'. But it suggests, 'Ce que cette Edition a de plus particulier, c'est que toutes les Médailles sont gravées de la mesme grandeur dont elles ont esté nouvellement frappées'.
The medals show various exploits of Louis XIV.
The Académie Royale des Médailles et Des Inscriptions became part of the Institut de France in 1795.
Provenance
Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Binding Note
18th-century sprinkled calf; rebacked in 1996 by J.A. Cassels, retaining most of the spine-piece. Spine-piece gilt-tooled and lettered, 'Medailles Sur Le Regne de Louis Le Grand'.
France - Foreign relations - History - 17th century - 18th century
Rulers - Monarchs - Publicizing - Public relations - Publicity - Art and state - France - 17th century - 18th century
Medals - France - 17th century
Pictorial works - France - 18th century