[LOUIS XVI - SACRE / PATAS (Charles Emmanuel), GOBET (N.) & PICHON (T.-J.)].

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[LOUIS XVI - SACRE / PATAS (Charles Emmanuel), GOBET (N.) & PICHON (T.-J.)].
Coronation and coronation of Louis XVI. King of France and Navarre, at Rheims, 11. June 1775; preceded by Research on the Coronation of the Kings of France, from Clovis to Louis XV; and followed by a Historical Diary of what happened at this august Ceremony. and] The Rite of Louis XVI. King of France and Navarre. In the church of Rheim[s] on June 11, 1775. Paris, Chez Vente, Bookseller, and Chez Patas, Engraver, 1775. In-8°, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the plates, fleuron at the corners, coat of arms in the center, spine ribbed with fleurons, green morocco title piece, gilt edges (period binding). An ornate title, twelve bands and vignettes, an ornate intermediate title (bearing The Rite of Louis XVI. King of France and Navarre. In the church of Rheim[s] on 11 June 1775. Paris, Chez Vente, Libraire, and Chez Patas, Graveur, 1775), ten double plates (nine for the ceremony and one for the armoured carpet), 39 costume figures and a large folded plan of the city of Rheims. EXAMPLE IN MAROQUIN with ROYAL WEAPONS (brought back). Deficient frontispiece; a few freckles; a red notebook. Cohen, 785-786.
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