• Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662

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  • Friends of PUL
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  • Treasures of the Graphic Arts Collection
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Language:
  • French
Creator:
  • Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Call number:
  • Oversize 2014-0036E
Extent:
  • 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 8 pages, 63 leaves of unnumbered plates (4 folded double-leaves) ; 63-104 pages, 3 folded double-leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings) ; 59 cm
Format:
  • Book
Type:
  • Emblem books
Description:
  • Dedication to the Dauphin on pages [i]-[iv], signed by Perrault.
  • Engraved title page (showing a bust of Louis XIV overlooking the Place Royale) signed by Rousselet; other engravings by Silvestre and Chauveau.
  • 16 leaves of unnumbered plates (on 4 folded double-leaves) following page 8, depict the procession, and 3 other double-leaf plates (after pages 63-64, 65-66, 67-[68], resp. in second paging sequence) depict the tournament.
  • Other engravings depict tournament participents, in elaborate chivalric costumes as Romans, Persians, Turks, East Indians, and Native Americans; separate engravings show their emblematic devices.
  • A few leaves (in the page 17-[62] sequence) also have printing on verso: e.g. 34, 50, 52, 59.
  • First colophon (p. [68] (1st page sequence): "A Paris: De l'Imprimerie royale, par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Directeur de cette Imprimerie. M.DC.LXX."
  • "Circvs regivs, sive Pompa eqvestris Lvdovici XIV; carmen heroicvm" (by Fléchier) on pages 65-104 at end.
  • Second colophon (p. 104): "Parisiis, in Typographia Regia, curante Sebastiano Mabre-Cramoisy, eiusdem Typographiae Directore. M.DC.LXX."
  • Page 72 misnumbered as "74."
  • The literal sequence of pages and engraved leaves is: 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates, 4 unnumbered pages, 8 pages, 16 leaves of unnumbered plates (4 folded double-leaves), 17-[62] leaves; 63-64 pages, 1 folded double-leaf of plates, 65-66 pages, 1 folded double-leaf of plates, 67-[68] pages, 1 folded double-leaf of plates, 65-104 pages
Publisher:
  • A Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1670.
Subject:
  • Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
  • Tournaments—France—Paris—History—17th century
  • Clothing and dress—France—Paris—17th century
  • Processions—France—Paris—History—17th century
  • Festivals—France—Paris—17th century
  • France—History—17th century
  • France—Court and courtiers—History—17th century
  • Emblem books—France—Paris—1670
Title sort:
  • Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662.
Alternative:
  • Courses de testes et de bague faites par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, en l'année 1662
  • Perrault courses de testes
Spatial:
  • France
Source acquisition:
  • GAX copy: Purchased with funds from the Friends of the Princeton University Library, 2013.
References:
  • Lipperheide, 2708
Author:
  • Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703
Created:
  • 1670-01-01T00:00:00Z
Date:
  • 1670
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/qz20t2978
Location:
  • GAX Oversize 2014-0036E
Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Logical
Binding note:
  • GAX copy: Twentieth-century binding by Courtland Benson of Victoria, B.C in full brown cat's paw calf; earlier spine gilt-panelled with fleur-de-lis pattern, red morocco spine label gilt-stamped: "Perrault courses de testes."
Engraver:
  • Rousselet, Gilles, 1610-1686
  • Silvestre, Israël, 1621-1691
  • Chauveau, François, 1613-1676
Printer:
  • Imprimerie royale (France)