Lot 166
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[Dusart, Cornelis (1660-1704) and Jacob Gole (1660-1724)]
Les héros de la ligue








Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
ou la procession monacale. Conduitte par Louis XIV, pour la conversions des Protestans de son royaume. Paris [Amsterdam?]: Pere Peters, 1691. 4to (22.5 x 16.5cm), contemporary vellum, engraved arms of the dukes of Queensberry gilt to boards, engraved title-page, 20 mezzotint roundel caricatures (of 24), engraved leaf of text ('Sonnet'), bookplate of John Erskine Esqr, Advocate, boards sprung and marked, variable spotting and soiling to contents, contemporary inscription to head of title-page, closed marginal tear to 'Le roy de France' plate, 'Le père Petres' with repaired closed tear to gutter just extending into platemark
Footnote
Note: Rare collection of grotesque caricatures of figures implicated in the repression of French Protestants after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. Each portrait is accompanied by a satirical quatrain. Sold as a collection of prints.







