[REPRIMANDS]. Parliament’s Reprimands to the King, April 9, - Lot 176

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[REPRIMANDS]. Parliament’s Reprimands to the King, April 9, - Lot 176
[REPRIMANDS]. Parliament’s Reprimands to the King, April 9, 1753. N.p. [Paris], 1753. In-12, marbled sheepskin, double gilt fillet framing the covers, plain spine with decoration (contemporary binding). pp. Engraved vignette on the title page. Copy enriched with two engravings attributed to the Jansenist engraver Nicolas GODONNESCHE, pasted onto the covers: “Senatus optimo principi” & “Justitia relegata flecti nescia,” with a handwritten commentary from the period on the flyleaf: “To give an idea of the kind of fanaticism that prevailed at the time of these remonstrances, we have included on the inside of this booklet two engravings made at the time, one of which is dated to the very day of the remonstrances and the other a month later, relating to the exile of Parliament […].” Stain on the second engraving; handwritten annotations on pp. 69.
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