Getty copy lacks the Circus Regius, paged 65-104, recorded by Praz

Binding: 19th-century marbled paper, half calfskin. Spine tooled in gilt, title in gilt on red label

The "Grand Carrousel" took place in Paris in the courtyard of the Tuilleries Palace on June 5-6, 1662

Publisher statement from colophon: E Typographia Regia, curante Sebastiano Mabre-Cramoisy, ejusdem Typographiae directore

French ed. appeared the same year

Added engraved t.p. by Gilles Rousselet, with port. of Louis XIV, whose arms appear on t.p. Illustrations depicting the procession, costumes, & emblems born by the riders were engraved by Israël Silvestre and François Chauveau. Engraved head- and tail-pieces & initials by Chauveau

Signatures: pi1 [ã]1 ẽ1 ĩ1 A1-M1 Q1 S1-Y1 2A1 2C1-2G1 2I1 2L1-2P1 2R1 2T1-3A1 3C1 3E1-3G1. Not included in this statement are the 10 single-page plates of emblems. These have implied (but not printed) signatures and page numbers which figure in the printed sequences; the seven double-page leaves of plates do not (except NO², which is so signed)

Praz, M. Studies in 17th-century imagery

[iv], 105 pages, [7] double leaves of plates : 57 cm

The illustrations are the same as those in the French edition (also Paris, 1670), except that the captions for all save the emblematic devices have been re-engraved in Latin

Added engraved title page by Gilles Rousselet, with portrait of Louis XIV, whose arms appear on title page Illustrations depicting the procession, costumes, & emblems born by the riders were engraved by Israël Silvestre and François Chauveau. Engraved head- and tail-pieces & initials by Chauveau

The Circus regius, which consists of sheets from the French ed., was apparently not issued with all copies of the Latin ed

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