Current Location: In storage
Titles
Courses de testes et de bague. Latin
Festiva ad capita annulumque decursio : a Rege Ludovico XIV. principibus, summisque aulae proceribus edita anno M.DC.LXII / scripsit gallicè Carolus Perrault ; latinaè reddidit, & versibus heroïcis expressit Spiritus Fléchier.
Maker(s)
Perrault, Charles
Fléchier, Esprit,
Engraver.:
Silvestre, Israël, the younger
Engraver.:
Chauveau, François
Engraver.:
Rousselet, Gilles
Publisher:
Imprimerie royale
Categories
Description
Colophon: Parisiis, e Typographia Regia, curante Sebastiano Mabre-Cramoisy, ejusdem Typographiae Directore. M.DC.LXX.
Illustrations engraved by I. Silvestre and F. Chauveau; added t.-p. engraved by G. Rousselet.
The ill. consist of views of the procession and tournament, costumes, emblematic devices of the participants, head- and tailpieces, and initials.
The ill. are the same as those in the French ed. (also Paris, 1670), except that the captions for all save the emblematic devices have been re-engraved in Latin.
Engraved t.p. vignette of the arms of Louis XIV.
Added engraved title-page with port. of Louis XIV.
Constitutes 10 volume of "Cabinet du roi" as described in "Catalogue des volumes d'estampes dont les planches sont à la Bibliothèque du Roy.- A Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, 1743"Title from: Catalogue des volumes d'estampes ... 1743.
Binder's title: Carrouse.
Old classmarks: 2.K.7. Former location: 20.1.G.9
Binding: mottled calf, border (triple g. fillet), g.t. arms of Louis XIV; spine & board edges g.t., border g.t. on inside covers, raised bands, g. lettering; marbled e.p.; a.e.g.
Ownership inscription: "Fitzwilliam 1792".
Measurements and weight
[8],105,[1]p, [1] leaf of plates, [7] folded leaves of plates : ill ; 57cm (1o).
At the moment, this record does not display units or type of
measurements. We will rectify this as soon as possible.
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1816)
by
Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount
Dating
Production date:
AD 1670
: Parisiis :E Typographia Regia,1670
People, subjects and objects depicted
Identification numbers
Accession number: PB 48-2020
Primary reference Number: 278024
ALMA control 001: 99184183803606
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 15 December 2020
Updated: Thursday 28 January 2021
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
