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Vulson de la Colombière, Marc. "Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois". Paris: Cottin, 1668. 16mo. (8), 400 pp., 25 (of 26) engraved plates. Orig. leather binding from the time.
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Cottin, Jacques
Paris
1668
Vulson de la Colombière, Marc. "Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois, Qui sont peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu". Paris: Cottin, 1668. 16mo. (8), 400 pp., 25 (of 26) engraved plates with portraits of important French personalities, each with a coat of arms. Orig. leather binding from the time.
Marc Vulson de la Colombière (†1658) or Sieur de la Colombière was a French heraldist, historian, poet, minion of the royal court. - Binding bumped and abraded at the corners and edges. Engraving with portrait of Abbé Suger missing. Otherwise well preserved. - With aristocratic manuscript exlibris on the front endpaper.