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1459. L’ENTRÉE trionphante de leurs majestez Luois XIV roy de France et de Navarre et Marie Thérese d’Autriche son espouse dans la ville de Paris, imprimée l’an 1662 à Paris, fol. 4 fig.
Rimase anonimo l’autore della relazione ma vi posero mano col loro bulino Chauveau, Poilly, Marot, le Pautre, Fla 250 meu, Cochin ec. L’edizione è magnifica, e sono 22 le tavole.
Rimase anonimo l’autore della relazione ma vi posero mano col loro bulino Chauveau, Poilly, Marot, le Pautre, Fla 250 meu, Cochin ec. L’edizione è magnifica, e sono 22 le tavole.
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L'entrée triomphante de Leurs Maiestez Louis XIV. roy de France et de Nauarre, et Marie Therese d'Austriche son espouse, : dans la ville de Paris capitale de leurs royaumes, au retour de la signature de la paix generalle et de leur heureux mariage. Enrichie de plusieurs figures, des harangues & de diuerses pieces considerables pour l'histoire. / Le tout exactement recueilly par l'ordre de Messieurs de ville. Et imprimée l'an MDCLXII.

Publication date(s):
MDCLXII [1662] and 1662
Other title(s):
Entrée triomphante de Levrs Maiestez Lovis XIV. roy de France et de Navarre, et Marie Therese d'Avstriche son espovse
Author:
Tronçon, Jean author.
Imprint:
[Paris] : Les exemplaires se vendent a Paris chez Pierre Le Petit, imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, ruë S. Iacques à la Croix d'Or. :
Language:
French
Cicognara number:
1459
Note(s):
  • The entry took place 26 August 1660.
  • Text by Jean Tronçon, according to Vinet (E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts, 501) and Deutsch (Deutsch, Kristina. Jean Marot, pages 128, 455).
  • Printer statement from colophon.
  • Signatures: pi2 ã2 A-B2 2A-2H2 2I2( -2I2) 3A2( -3A2) 3B-3G2 4A-4C2.
  • Engraved portrait of Louis XIV by Nicolas de Poilly after Nicolas Mignard, 1st leaf. Etched frontispiece by François Chauveau, 2nd leaf. Letterpress title, 3rd leaf. Engraved dedication, 4th leaf. Twenty-one etched illustrations (15 of them double page), mostly after Jean Le Pautre, according to Vinet (Vinet, E. Bibliographie méthodique et raisonnée des beaux-arts, 501). Twelve plates signed by Jean Marot as etcher (according to Vinet; Mauban, A. Jean Marot, pages 68-69; and Deutsch, K. Jean Marot, pages 129, 456-457). Flamen and Cochin de Troyes (either Nicolas Cochin or his half-brother Noël Cochin) are also listed among the participating artists on page 7 of the preliminaries. Vinet attributes to Cochin the double-page plates numbered 1-5 that depict the procession. Last plate depicts fireworks. Woodcut title page ornament, initials.
  • The number of plates varies among different cited copies, as does the number of leaves of plates (larger plates may be tipped in folded as two congruent leaves). Brunet (Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), t. 2, page 1004) counts 18 plates plus frontispiece portrait; Catalogo ragionato dei libri d'arte e d'antichità posseduti dal conte Cicognara counts 26.
  • Tulane University Library's copy has 26 plates including the engraved dedication, bound as 40 leaves of plates (with 14 plates folded into 28 leaves of plates). In this copy, the engraved portrait of Louis XIV is bound as the 3rd leaf rather than the 1st one. LNT
Subject:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715, Marie Thérèse, Queen, consort of Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1683, Ceremonial entries, France, Paris, History, and Processions
DCL number:
bg8