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Les armes triomphantes de Son Altesse, monseigneur, le duc d'Espernon : pour le suiet de son heureuse entrée faite dans la ville de Dijon, le huictième iour du mois de may, mil six cens cinquante six

Mathieu, A., 17th cent, Godran, Jean · 1656 · A Dijon : Chez Philib. Chauance ... · 32 pictures

A 1656 Dijon publication by A. Mathieu with a text by Jean Godran, describing the triumphal entry of the Duke of Epernon into Dijon, printed by Philibert Chauance for a courtly audience. Its pictures are engraved emblematic ornaments, cornucopias with fruit and foliage flanking a central mask, and allegorical figures such as Prudentia standing in an arched niche between columns, useful for designers studying Baroque ornament and triumphal architecture.

Epernon, Bernard de Nogaret de la Valette, duc d', 1592-1661 · Festivals · Triumphal arches

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