- CABINET DU ROITapisseries du roy, ou sont representez... Lot 13

- CABINET DU ROI]Tapisseries du roy, ou sont representez les quatre elemens et les quatre saisons... Paris : Mabre-Cramoisy, 1679. Copy in red morocco with the arms and cipher of Louis XIV, complete with plates celebrating the monarch. Second edition of this suite of prints originally published in 1670, with text by André Félibien and mottoes by Charles Perrault. Brunet, I, 1443; Landwehr, Romanic, 286. In-folio (499 x 342 mm). Illustrated with a title vignette, 2 intermediate engraved titles for the elements and seasons ("Devises pour les tapisseries des quatre éléments" and "Devises pour les tapisseries des quatre saisons"), 32 emblems, 12 double-page plates engraved by Le Clerc after Le Brun (including the 4 on the history of Louis XIV: "Renouvellement d'alliance", "Siège de Tournay", "Siège de Douai", "Défaite de l'armée espagnolele"), 2 entablatures, 2 lettrines and 1 cul-de-lampe. Enriched with 2 double-page plates bound at the end of the book: "Cérémonie du mariage de Louis XIV" engraved by Jeaurat after Le Brun and "Réduction de la ville de Marsal". Missing the frontipsice engraved after Bailly and the warning leaf. Contemporary binding: red morocco, framed in the du Seuil style with Louis XIV's crowned cipher in the corners (OHR, 13, pl. 2494, iron 21), Louis XIV's coat of arms in the center of the boards (OHR, 13, pl. 2494, iron 10), ribbed spine richly decorated with the same cipher and fleurs-de-lys, gilt edges. Provenance: Alexis de Redé (ex-libris) Red morroco copy, with the arms and cypher of Louis XIV. To bid, please consult the "Sales information" section.