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BINDING -- A 17th-century French prayer book. 8° (192 x 129mm). Engraved frontispiece after Francois Poilly and 4 engraved plates, printed in red and black. (Title lacking, very occasional staining, light browning.) Contemporary tan calf, covers with all-over gilt tooling surrounding the arms of Gaston Jean Baptiste de France duc d'Orléans (1608-1660, Olivier 2560, fer 1), cypher of Philippe d'Orléans on spine (1674-1723, Olivier 2562, fer 10), (spine rubbed and chipped at head and tail, corners bumped, a few wormholes and stains). Provenance: Gaston d'Orléans (binding) -- Philippe d'Orléans (binding) -- Edmund McClure (bookplate).
'Le duc [Gaston] d'Orléans possessed two libraries, one in Paris, in the palace of Luxemburg, the second in Blois, both of which were considerable; the volumes were almost all bound in tan calf' (Olivier). Gaston d'Orléans donated his library to his nephew Louis XIV, older brother of Philippe d'Orléans. Olivier 2537, 2560.
'Le duc [Gaston] d'Orléans possessed two libraries, one in Paris, in the palace of Luxemburg, the second in Blois, both of which were considerable; the volumes were almost all bound in tan calf' (Olivier). Gaston d'Orléans donated his library to his nephew Louis XIV, older brother of Philippe d'Orléans. Olivier 2537, 2560.