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DESMARTES DE SAINT-SORLIN, Jean. Clovis ou la France Chrestienne. Poemme Heroique, Paris: Augustin Courbé [and others], 1657, 4°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and title, one large etched plate of a crowned cypher, 26 engraved plates by Abraham Bosse after Francois Chauveau, woodcut initials, headings and decorations (occasional light browning and staining), contemporary calf (lower joints split, scuffed). [Brunet II, 633] Provenance: John Evelyn (signature on title) -- [Charles Joseph BEVY]. Histoire des Inaugurations des Rois, Empereurs, et autres souverains de l'Univers, Paris: Dernonville for Moutard, 1776, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 14 folding engraved plates (title stained, occasional browning and spotting), contemporary calf (very lightly rubbed). [Brunet VI, 24025]. And 44 other books and pamphlets of related interest. (46)