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* Royal Guards Answer of the gendarmes and light...

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* [Royal Guards] Answer of the gendarmes and light horses of the king's ordinary guard, to the second printed memorandum of the bodyguards. Paris], de l'Impr. de Jean-Baptiste Coignard fils, [1724]. In-folio, [1] f., 26 p., cartonnage à la Bradel marbré moderne, pièce de titre basane noire en long (dos frotté). A memoir of the dissensions that arose in 1724 between the different bodies in charge of the royal guard, to find out where each one stood near the king's carriage during his travels. Illustrated with a woodcut vignette and initial at the head of the dedication to the king. The vignette bears the signature of engraver Vincent Le Sueur (1668-1743).