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<dl><dd>Etched frontispiece depicts the arms of the Duchesse de Chevreuse, to whom the work is dedicated. There follow 9 double-leaf plates, tipped onto stubs at the centerfold. The first 8 depict the entrées of the noble combattants and of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, while only the last depicts the actual "Combat a la barriere."</dd>
<dd>Signatures: ã⁴ A-G⁴ H²</dd>
<dd>Lieure, J. Jacques Callot</dd>
<dd>In Getty copy, leaf H2 ("Ordre povr mettre les figures en leurs lieux") is bound before H1</dd>
<dd>In Getty copy the etching of an arm holding a sword at head of G3r has been cut away; see Lieure, 587-588. A slip of paper (64 x 83 mm.) is mounted in its place, and the letterpress text on G3v has been supplied by hand in brown ink</dd>
<dd>Binding: old vellum, not original. Boards blind stamped with ornamental lozenge at center surrounded by two frames of fillets, fleurons at corners of the inner frame. Title and date written on spine in black ink</dd>
<dd>[8], 58, [2] pages, [18] leaves of plates : 20 cm (4°)</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Festivals; Tournaments; Festivals -- France -- Nancy -- Early works to 1800; Tournaments, Medieval -- France -- Nancy -- Early works to 1800; Tournaments, Medieval; Courts and courtiers; Lorraine (France) -- Court and courtiers; France -- Nancy; France -- Lorraine</div>
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H. H. (Henry Humbert)</div>
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