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Numismatics] - GROS de BOZE, Claude - De historische gedenkpenningen van Lodewyk den XIV [trsl. from the French and ed. by J. Goeree]. Amsterdam, A. van Damme, 1712, 4to, cont. blindst. vellum, flat spine, [3]-286 (= 291) pl.-[10] pp. (heavy marg. damspstaining to last ff. with some marg. defects, blank fore-edge margin of nr. 41 partly torn off).
One of the few copies entirely printed in red (but for the printed index at the end). Engravings by the Dutch artist Jan Goeree (1670-1731) for the Dutch trsl./adaptation (1712) of “Médailles sur les principaux evenements du règne de Louis le Grand” (Paris 1702, cf. infra), consisting of 3 full-page pl. (incl. front. and portrait) and 291 full-page pl. of medals (numb. 1-286, lacking 83 & 84, with 7 bis (29, 41, 55, 87, 131, 185, 235) and a tailpiece). Armorial bookpl. and ticket Comte de Hemricourt . Ref. STCN (only 1 copy printed in red). Joined : Id. - Historische gedenk-penningen van Lodewijk den XIV. vertonende al het voorgevallene onder de regering van dien koning (...) naar de oorspronkelyke medalien (...) [trsl. from the French and ed. by J. Goeree]. Ibid., 1712, 8vo, cont. vellum (recased), flat spine, [15] ff., 142-[5]-143/286-[4] ff. (1st and last ff. mounted, some spotting, dampstaining in bottom margin). Good copy. Critically annotated Dutch version of “Médailles” (1702). Ill. with an engr. front. , a medallion portrait of Louis XIV, 1 full-page pl. , and 289 engr. medals (in black). Title printed in red and black. Collector’s stamp W.G.D. Murray . Ref. Dekesel G-135 (III). Sloots (Warfare) 12165. STCN. (2 vol.)