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Medals of Louis XIV
Jacquiot, Josèphe. MEDAILLES ET JETONS DE LOUIS XIV D'APRÈS LE MANUSCRIT DE LONDRES. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1968. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching green printed card covers. xviii, (2), clix, 1002 pages; well illustrated; 17 folding tables. Generally unopened; corner bruise; taped bruise to spine of find volume. Very good. Very important. Provides a history of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions, and an exhaustive examination of the medals and jetons proposed and prepared in honor of Louis XIV, as outlined in the previously unpublished records of the Academy. Clain-Stefanelli 14527*. Modesti 1091 (who notes that the final volume is mostly given over to the extensive bibliography).
Jacquiot, Josèphe. MEDAILLES ET JETONS DE LOUIS XIV D'APRÈS LE MANUSCRIT DE LONDRES. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1968. Four volumes, complete. 4to, original matching green printed card covers. xviii, (2), clix, 1002 pages; well illustrated; 17 folding tables. Generally unopened; corner bruise; taped bruise to spine of find volume. Very good. Very important. Provides a history of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions, and an exhaustive examination of the medals and jetons proposed and prepared in honor of Louis XIV, as outlined in the previously unpublished records of the Academy. Clain-Stefanelli 14527*. Modesti 1091 (who notes that the final volume is mostly given over to the extensive bibliography).