LE CLERC, SÉBASTIEN. 1637-1714., FÉLIBIEN, ANDRÉ. 1619-1695.

Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont representez les quatre elements et les quatre saisons. Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1679.

FÉLIBIEN, ANDRÉ. 1619-1695. Tapisseries du Roy, ou sont representez les quatre elements et les quatre saisons. Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1679.
Folio (425 x 285 mm). 2 engraved section titles bound at front (1 laid down), letterpress title with engraved coat-of-arms, extra engraved title page bound after first section, 32 emblematic half-page engraved illustrations and 8 double-page engraved plates of tapestries by Le Clerc and others after Jacques Bailly and Charles Le Brun, and engraved head- and tail-pieces and initials. Contemporary calf, spine with 6 raised bands with gilt fleur-de-lys decorations.

SECOND EDITION. Intended as a testament to the lavish tapestries commissioned by Louis XIV on the themes of the Four Elements and the Four Seasons. The central panels were designed by the painter Le Brun, with emblematic roundels in the borders at each corner after the miniatures of Jacques Bailly. These roundels are visible on each of the plates but are also enlarged and embellished and printed as half-page illustrations, each with letterpress explanatory text above and below. Brunet I:1443; Landwehr Romantic Emblem Books 286; Praz p 58.