Creator
Vincent Du Val
Title
Funeral Elegies for Cardinal Mazarin (French)
Coverage
Paris
Publisher
Sébastien Martin
Date
1664
Description
The contemporary Parisian binding is for Paul Philippe Hardouin de Péréfixe de Beaumont, newly installed as cardinal-archbishop the same month of March in which the book completed printing. It is the dedication copy, containing his etched portrait by Robert Nanteuil (displayed above).
Source
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1901.
Format
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