Signatures: a-b² A-4N²

Etched illustrations (some engraving): frontispiece; 24 plates (3 folded); 3 head-pieces on equestrian subjects, arms of Prince Charles de Lorraine at head of dedication. The ill. are after Charles Perrocel by Benoît Audran, Jean Audran, Nicolas-Dauphin de Beauvais, Laurent Cars, Louis Desplaces, Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis, Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, Nicolas Henri Tardieu. Diagrams, etc., engraved by Antoine Coquart after Borde, though one has legend "A. Coquart Del? A. Aveline Sculp?". Woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some signed P.L.S. (Pierre Le Sueur?) or V.L.S. (Vincent Le Sueur?), t.p. vignette, initials

Binding: mottled calfskin, spine repaired. Spine gilt tooled, title on label. Edges of boards gilt rolled. Page edges marbled in blue. Silk ribbon place marker

[10], 318, [8] p., [24] leaves of plates (some fold.) : 45 cm

Half title engraved

Title vignette

Imprint varies: De l'imprimerie de J. Chardon on p. [x]

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