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NUMISMATICS. Charpentier, François; et al. Médailles sur les Principaux Évènements du Règne de Louis le Grand. 1723

(NUMISMATICS.) [Charpentier, François; et al.] Médailles sur les Principaux Évènements du Règne de Louis le Grand. 636 numismatic text engravings; each text page within varying engraved borders. [2], 318, [6] leaves, including engraved allegorical frontispiece. Printed on recto only, except for table of contents at end. Folio, 426x278 mm, contemporary gilt-panelled citron morocco, spine in 7 compartments, with morocco lettering piece in one and floral tooling in the rest, joints starting, discreetly reinforced at top and bottom; light marginal dampstaining on contents leaves. Cohen-de Ricci 695 note. handsome copy. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1723

  • Notes: Second edition of an elaborately produced catalogue of 318 commemorative medals issued during the reign of Louis XIV, originally published in 1702 and here extended through his death in 1715. Cohen-de Ricci 695 note.
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