{"title":"Louis XVI","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"etrennes-francoises-dediees-a-la-ville-de-paris-pour-lannee-jubilaire-du-regne-de-louis-le-bien-aime","title":"Étrennes françoises, dédiées à la ville de Paris ; pour l'année jubilaire du règne de Louis le Bien-Aimé","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"489\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"310\" data-end=\"450\"\u003ePETITY (Jean-Raymond, Abbé). \u003cem data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"447\"\u003eÉtrennes françoises, dédiées à la ville de Paris ; pour l’année jubilaire du règne de Louis le Bien-Aimé\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"453\"\u003eParis: Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"763\"\u003e8vo (248 × 178 mm). 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A third issue contains the figures by Lélu engraved by Chenu after Petity’s designs. The present example, with the early suite of plates by Saint-Aubin and Gravelot, is the desirable first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1435\"\u003eSmall restorations to head and foot of spine, discreet and well executed. Short tear to page 24. 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