[Rarebooks] fa: Of the ANOINTING AND CORONATION of the KINGS AND QUEENS OF FRANCE - Nicolas Menin - 1723

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Nicolas Menin: An Historical and Chronological Treatise of the Anointing and Coronation of the Kings and Queens of France, from Clovis I. to the Present King; and of all the Sovereign Princes of Europe. To which is Added, An Exact Relation of the Ceremony of the Coronation of Louis XV. By M. Menin, Counsellor to the Parliament of Metz. Faithfully done from the Original French. London: Printed for W. Mears, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar; S. Chapman, at the Angel in Pallmall; and J. Woodman, at Cambden's-Head in Bow-Street, Covent-Garden, MDCCXXIII [1723]. First edition in English; 8vo (20 cm) in early/period polished calf, gilt-lettered spine label; xvi, 333, [3] pp.; with an engraved frontispiece, woodcut decorations and initials, and publisher's adverts at the end. ESTC T123498.

Binding with some scuffing, edge-wear and rubbing to the spine, front and rear joints cracked, with the boards loosened but held by the cords; mild browning to the first 3-4 leaves with lighter toning to the rest of the contents, a few scattered light spots, else clean and sound.