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181 - PUGET DE LA SERRE (Jean). The Love Affairs of the King and Q…
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
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PUGET DE LA SERRE (Jean). The Love Affairs of the King and Queen, known as Jupiter and Juno. With the Splendours of their Wedding. Or The Moral History of France, during the reign of Louis the Just and Anne of Austria... Paris, Nicolas Bessin and Denis de Cay, 1625. In-4, red morocco, gilt fillet binding, coats of arms on the covers, decorated spine, gilt interior lace, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). Frontispiece, title page, portrait, 8 folios of dedication to the King, portrait, 5 folios of dedication to the Queen, 1 blank folio, 2 folios, 441 pages.  First edition, featuring a frontispiece by Lasne, allegorical portraits of the King and Queen as Jupiter and Juno, and 25 full-page engraved illustrations as inserts. The volume comprises 6 stories. Copy bearing the coat of arms of François-Florentin-Achille, Baron Seillière (1813–1873). Olivier pl. 1130 – Lever p. 60 – Not listed in Canivet.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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