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LOUIS XIV (1638-1715), King of France. Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre, donnée àSaint Germain en Laye au mois d'Avril 1667.Paris: Chez les associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté, 1667. [BOUND WITH:] Five other decrees of Louis XIV. Paris, 1669-73.

Ordinances and edicts of King Louis XIV, bound in black morocco for the powerful Le Fèvre Caumartin family.The Le Fèvre de Caumartin were a family of the French nobility, originally from Ponthieu, several members of whom held offices or bishoprics under the Ancien Régime. The family dates back to the early 15th century, but book collecting appears to have begun in earnest with Louis-François Le Fèvre, seigneur de Caumartin (1624-1687), whose library passed down primarily to his son Jean-François-Paul Le Fèvre de Caumartin (1668-1733), a bishop who died without issue, and then to the bishop's nephews. Olivier pl. 651, fer no. 1.

Six works in one volume, quarto (236 x 165mm). Occasional spotting and browning. Contemporary French black morocco gilt, all edges gilt, with Caumartin arms on covers (extremities rubbed, small nick to upper front board). Provenance:Caumartin family (probably Jean-François-Paul Le Fèvre de Caumartin, 1668-1733; binding) – Ex Bibliotec. Caumartinea (probably Antoine-Louis-François Le Fèvre de Caumartin, 1725-1803, great-nephew of the above and chancellor of the Order of Saint Louis; bookplate, with Order of Saint Louis cross in background).

OTHER WORKS BOUND IN THIS VOLUME:

Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre: ensemble les édits et déclarations touchant la reformation de la iustice du mois d'aoust 1669.Paris: Chez les associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté, 1669.

Ordonnance du Roy, ou Nouveau réglement général pour les eaux & forests de son royaume.Paris: Pierre le Petit [et al.], 1669.

Édicts du Roy et arrests du Conseil dEstat concernant les eaux et forests. Paris: Pierre le Petit [et al.], 1669.

Ordonnancede Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre, donnée àSaint Germain en Laye au mois d’aoust 1670, pour les matières criminelles.Paris: Chez les associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté, 1670.

Ordonnance de Louis XIV, Roy de France et de Navarre, données àSaint Germain en Laye au mois de Mars 1673.Paris: Chez les associez choisis par ordre de sa Majesté [Denys Thierry, printer], 1673.
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