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<dl><dd>Dedication signed by the author, Claude François Menestrier</dd>
<dd>Etched t.p. vignette (monogram). Engraved coat of arms at head of dedication to the comte de St. Paul; it is signed: Auroux. Except for the last two, each of the 23 chapters opens with an etched or engraved head-piece depicting a spectacle (repeats). The text of these chapters begins with an etched or engraved historiated initial. Some of the head-pieces are signed: Derbage. Two initials are signed: n.g. The head-piece on p. [181] is a cancel. Most chapters end with a woodcut tail-piece depicting the French royal crown with crossed sceptres</dd>
<dd>Signatures: [par.] ²[par.]² A-B C(C3+'C3') D-3D (Ee2, Yy2 missigned Dd2, Xx2)</dd>
<dd>Errata, last p</dd>
<dd>Getty copy includes both the original C3, and the cancel with head-piece and initial</dd>
<dd>Bound with c. 1 of: Tabulae historicae Henrici IV (Lugduni : Sumptibus Horatii Cardon, 1615)</dd>
<dd>Binding: old mottled calf. Triple fillets in blind along margins of boards. Spine tooled in gilt with title on red label. Gilt roll on edges of boards. Page edges marbled</dd>
<dd>Centered on front pastedown is bookplate of P. Guiraudus, now partly mutilated</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Tournaments, Medieval; Festivals; Pageants; Processions</div>
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<dl><dd>Menestrier, Claude-François, 1631-1705</dd>
<dd>Auroux, Nicolas, d. 1676</dd>
<dd>Derbage, Claude, fl. 1665-1675</dd></dl></div>
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