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OGER-BLANCHET
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HEROS (LES) DE LA FRANCE - Sortans de la barque de Caron, s'…
See original version (French)
140
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HEROS (LES) DE LA FRANCE - Sortans de la barque de Caron, s'…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
HEROS (LES) DE LA FRANCE - Sortans de la barque de Caron, s'entretenant avec Messieurs de Louvois, Colbert et Seignelai. Cologne, Pierre Marteau, 1693. In-12, front, 144 pp, 4 h. t. figs, one of which folded (battle of Neerwinden), midnight blue morocco, ribbed spine, inside serrated, gilt tr. (TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET).
SHF 3047. SAUVY (Seized books) n°554. ''This pamphlet of Dutch origin evokes the arrival in hell of the French dead at the battle of Neerwinden. These, represented mainly by M. de Montchevreuil, talk to Colbert, Louvois and Seignelay, and describe the current state of France, whose decline the author is keen to emphasise.'' Ex-libris Robert Hoe.
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