VIGNIER, Benjamin

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VIGNIER, Benjamin
Le chasteau de Richelieu, ou l'histoire des dieux et des héros de l'Antiquité. Avec des réflexions morales Saumur, Isaac & Henry Desbordes, 1676. In-8, full morocco, boards stamped with arms; double fillet to the boards floriated at the corners, ornamented edges, floriated ribbed spine, gilt edges. Central stain on the first plate not very visible. [4] ff, 166, [2] pp. First edition bound with the arms of Mademoiselle, duchess of Montpensier. A guide to the castle of Richelieu, now almost entirely gone. It had been enlarged and embellished by the cardinal of Richelieu. The revolution damaged it to the point that the heirs sold it to a property dealer who undertook its demolition to resell the materials. The author, Benjamin Vignier, was captain of the castle of Richelieu from 1662 to 1684. Cioranescu 17th c., n° 66473.
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