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PETITY, Jean Raymond, Abbé de (1715-1780). Étrennes françoises dédiées à la ville de Paris; pour l'année jubilaire du règne de Louis Le Bien-Aimé. Paris: Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766
Large 8° (243 x 171mm.) Half title, title with vignette, 2 engraved plates with coat-of-arms, four engraved medallion vignettes after Saint Aubin, one after Gravelot with engraved text below, allegorical plate after Gravelot. Contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt filet panel, gilt with the arms of Louis XV on the upper cover and the arms of Paris on the lower cover, spine decorated with fleur-de-lys and galleons, g.e.
FIRST EDITION. The work pays hommage to the deeds of Louis XV during the latter part of 1765 and early 1766. Every deed is introduced by a circular print and followed by a laudotary text to Louis XV. Cohen-de Ricci 793; Sander 1530
Large 8° (243 x 171mm.) Half title, title with vignette, 2 engraved plates with coat-of-arms, four engraved medallion vignettes after Saint Aubin, one after Gravelot with engraved text below, allegorical plate after Gravelot. Contemporary red morocco, covers with triple gilt filet panel, gilt with the arms of Louis XV on the upper cover and the arms of Paris on the lower cover, spine decorated with fleur-de-lys and galleons, g.e.
FIRST EDITION. The work pays hommage to the deeds of Louis XV during the latter part of 1765 and early 1766. Every deed is introduced by a circular print and followed by a laudotary text to Louis XV. Cohen-de Ricci 793; Sander 1530