1775 1ed Louis XVI of France Sacred Coronation Illustrated ROYAL ARMS Pichon

1775 1^ed Louis XVI of France Sacred Coronation Illustrated ROYAL ARMS Pichon

Louis XVI, King of France was the final French monarch, crowned in June of 1775. Author Thomas Pichon commemorated the event with an impressive, beautiful book filled with French history, biographical sketches of notable French kings, and illustrated scenes of the coronation. These 66 engravings provide an excellent portrayal of costumes and architecture that were common amongst French courts in the 18^th-century.

This book is known to be highly valuable and desirable! It was printed and distributed with the royal arms of Louis XVI embossed into the leather.

Item number: #10680

Price: $2500

PICHON, Thomas Jean

Sacre et couronnement de Louis XVI, Roi de France et de Navarre, dans l’Église a Rheims, le 11. juin 1775 : précédé de Recherches sur le sacre des rois de France, depuis Clovis jusqu’a Louis XV ; et suivi d’un Journal historique de ce qui s’est passé à cette auguste cérémonie

A Paris : Chez Vente, Libraire … : Et Chez Patas …, 1775. 1st edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xii, 147, [39], 91
  • 66 engraved plates
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~10in X 8in (25.5cm x 20.5cm)
• Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at over $8,000

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