Lot no. 108
[MÉNESTRIER (Claude-François), under the direction of Les Sept miracles de Dauphiné présentez à Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, et à Monseigneur le Duc de Berry, par les pères Jésuites du Collège royal-Dauphin de Grenoble.Grenoble, Alexandre Giroud, 1701. In-folio, 20 pp, half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed (Pagnant).Maignien, Imprimerie, n° 877 (this copy).Extremely rare first edition of this work, published on the occasion of the visit to Grenoble of the Dukes of Burgundy and Berry. The description of the 7 marvellous places, which become miracles, is the occasion for poems, in Latin and French, to the glory of the King. It is illustrated with 7 pretty engravings of these wonders of the Dauphiné, drawn by Sevin: the inaccessible mountain, the burning fountain, the manna of Briançon, the caves of La Balme, the vats of Sassenage, the precious stones of Sassenage, the tower without Venom.from the Eugène Chaper library, with his handwritten bookplate.white marks on the boards.Expert: Ségolène Beauchamp.
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BOOKS, MANUSCRITS & ESTAMPES (including Daniel Lambert's collection of works on the Dauphiné)
75009 Paris - France