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Year:: 1551
Contributor:: Germonière
Subject:: e-fr---; II, King of France > Henry > 1519-1559; Queen, consort of Henry II, King of France > Catherine de Médicis > 1519-1589; Visits of state > France > Rouen; Indians of South America > Brazil > Pictorial works; Tupinamba Indians > Pictorial works; Tapajó Indians > Pictorial works; Imprint 1551.; France > Rouen
Extent:: [136] p. : ill., music ; 22 cm. (4to)

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Notes:: Colophon reads: Icy se terminent l'ordre & progrez du triumphant & magnifique aduenement du roy & de la royne de Erance [sic] dautant prompte que liberale volontè [sic] celebré en leur bonne ville de Roven, et nouuellement imprimé par Iean le Prest, au dict lieu [Rouen] le ix. iour de ce moys de decembre. 1551.; Includes 29 woodcuts depicting people and animal scenes from the procession, allegorical carriages, and architectural elements; leaves K2 verso and K3 recto comprise a whole illustration with caption at head of plate: "Figure des Brisilians", dramatic scene showing life and warfare among Brazilian aboriginal peoples; for description and reproduction. Cf. Moraes. "Sometimes ... attributed to Jean Cousin or Jean Goujon, but they are probably the work of a lesser artist influenced by Goujon's designs for the account of [Henry II's] Paris entry [Mortimer 202]". Cf. Mortimer.; These cuts subsequently reissued with a new text in verse under title: Les Pourtraicts et figures du somptueux ordre, plaisantz spectacles et magnifiques theatres ... faictz à l'entrée de la sacrée maiesté du tres chrestien roy de France, Henri second ... (Rouen : Jean Dugort, 1557). Cf. Grässe; Moraes.; "Louenge & gloire en action ...", leaves R3 verso and R4 recto, are two pages with music and text for 4 voices.; Signatures: [A]⁴ ([A]1 blank) B-C⁴ D⁶ E² F-G⁴ H⁶ I-K⁴ L² M-R⁴; Two states of title page notes: one with oval woodcut printer's device and one without. Copy described by Mortimer lacks device on title page.; Oval woodcut publisher's device on title page; first word of title and first word on imprint statement preceded by woodcut fleuron devices; woodcut tail pieces; historiated initials.

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"Cest la deduction du sumptueux ordre, plaisantz spectacles et magnifiques theatres dresses, et exhibes par les citoiens de Rouen ville metropolitaine du pays de Normandie: a la sacree maiesté du treschristian [sic] Roy de France, Henry Secō[n]d leur souuerain seigneur, et à tresillustre [sic] dame, ma dame Katharine de Medicis, la royne son espouze, lors de leur triumphant ioyeulx & nouuel aduenement en icelle ville, qui fut es iours de mercredy & ieudy premier & secō[n]d iours d'octobre, mil cinq cens cinquante, et pour plus expresse intelligence de ce tant excellent triumphe, les figures & pourtraictz des principaulx a[d]ornementz d'iceluy y sont apposez chascun en son lieu comme l'on pourra veoir par le discours de l'histoire. Auec priuilege du Roy " (1551). John Carter Brown Library. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:732629/

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