Bidspirit auction | FER (N. De). HISTOIRE DES

FER (N. De). HISTOIRE DES ROIS DE FRANCE Depuis Pharamond jusqu’a Notre Ausguste Monarque Luis Quinze. A Paris. 1722. - FER (N. De) HISTOIRE DES ROIS DE FRANCE Depuis Pharamond jusqu’a Notre Ausguste Monarque Luis Quinze . Enrichie de leurs Portraits et faits le plus Memorables Composée de Soixante et cinq Planches en taille douce. A Paris: Chez le Sr. danet, 1722. [2], [62] ff., 65 est.: il.; 265 mm. This is a unique edition, published posthumously by the author's sons-in-law – Nicolas de Fer (1647-1720), engraver, cartographer, and geographer to the King of Spain, who died in October 1720. The work is entirely conceived and executed in intaglio: title, epistle to the king, and sixty-five engravings, each presenting, in a medallion, the portrait of a King of France, flanked by an emblematic scene from his reign and a cartouche-engraved legend, accompanied by a biographical note also engraved. The series ranges from Pharamond, the legendary King of the Franks, to Louis XV. A work of iconographic and dynastic character. Rare and highly valued. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate