Album of French royal documents and portraits : manuscript, 1541-1832
Numerous portrait drawings, prints and engravings of French kings and queens, including François I and his first wives Claude of Brittany and Eleanor of Austria (identified as Helyonneur), his mistress Françoise de Chateaubriant, Henri II and his wife Catherine de Medici, François II, Charles IX and his wife Elisabeth d'Autriche, Henri III and his wife Louise de Lorraine; Marguerite de France; Maria de Medici; Louis XIII and his wife Anne d'Austriche; Marie Thérèse of Austria, Françoise d'Aubigny; Louis XV, Louis XVI, Louis XVIII, Louis Philippe I, and others. With an engraved portrait of 1573 of Amiral Gasparis de Coligny, as well as occasional historical and allegorical engravings
Manuscript, French, 1541
Manuscripts, Renaissance
1 volume : vellum, illustrations ; 45 x 58 cm
612868575
Manuscript letters and documents on vellum or paper, some with wax seals, signed by French kings and queens, mounted on leaves; dated 1541-1832
The compiler of this album is unknown; letter of authentication mounted at front
Title supplied by cataloger
Bound in 19th-cent. purple morocco with red and gilt interlace designs and French coat of arms in gilt at center
Chiefly in French; some English