CRILLON (Thomas de Berton de) La Voye de... - Lot 73 - Eric Caudron

CRILLON (Thomas de Berton de) La Voye de laict, or The Path of the Heroes to the Palace of Glory. Opened at the triumphant entry of Louys XIII Roy of France & Navarre into the city of Avignon on November 16, 1622. Avignon, Imprimerie de I. Bramereau, 1623, in-4, [6] ff. n. ch. (engraved title-frontispiece, title, dedication to Louis XIII), 278 pp., inversion of the C and D sections, without missing, with 8 plates engraved with etching by the Portuguese engraver Luiz Palma, missing the portrait of the King, soft vellum with lacquers, smooth mute spine, in modern red half-cover, cream title piece (period binding). Dishes a little dirty. Unique edition of this truly unusual work, which relates the ceremonies and details the works built on the occasion of the solemn entry of Louis XIII in Avignon. Copy of Boissier de Sauvages, with handwritten ex-libris.