LOUIS XIV, King of France (1638-1715). Medailles sur les Principaux Evenements du Regne Entier de Louis le Grand, Paris: de l' Imprimererie Royale, 1723. 2° (440 x 280mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, title, tables, 318 engraved plates of medals with integral letterpress. (Plates 267 to end stained at lower margin, stronger towards the end.) 18th-century-style polished calf gilt by J. Coombe, 1923 (lightly rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Gloucester County Library -- The Hartland Library -- James Herbert (armorial bookplate) -- Hodgson & Co. (auctioneer's invoice dated 1917) -- autograph leaf headed "Sotheby May 1 1918" inserted at the front.