CHEVIGNI (Sieur de) & LIMIERS (Henri-Philippe... Lot 41
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CHEVIGNI (Sieur de) & LIMIERS (Henri-Philippe de). La Science des personnes de la Cour, de l'Epée et de la Robe, du Sieur de Chevigni, dans laquelle, outre les Matières contenus dans les éditions précédentes on trouve une instruction plus ample, sur la Religion, l'Astronomie, la Chronologie, la Géographie, la Guerre, les Fortifications, le Blason, les Fables. A brand-new work, augmented in this new edition by various Traitez d'Histoire [...], de Logique, de l'Interest des Princes, du Droit privé et public, du Manège, des Maximes de Cour [...] by M. de Limiers. Printed in Rouen and sold in Paris, Lottin, Genneau et Morin, 1725.
4 vol. in-12 brown calf, ornate ribbed spines, red title pages, red tr. (period binding).
49 engraved folding plates (17+13+11+8) and 18 folding chronological tables. One plate in volume III torn but not missing.
Seventh edition of this compendium of historical, geographical, military and scientific knowledge "necessary for an honest man". The first edition, published in 1706, contained only 3 volumes. Subsequently, after the death of its author (in 1713), it was enriched with the Art du Manège and the Connaissance du Cheval.
A fine copy. Handwritten bookplate of La Pinsonnière l'aîné (Mennessier de La Lance, I, 276).
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