Decem insignes tabulæ, complexæ icones justorum ac honorum supremorum, corpori ... Caroli III. ... Lotharingiæ ducis ... :. in ejus exequiis persolutorum ... Nancei à die XIIII. mensis Maij anni M.DCVIII quâ excessit, vsqz ad XIX. Julij sequentis diem humationis : idqz præter pompam cum quâ funus ... elatum est, quæ xlviii iconibus est expressa /. quarum Claudius La Ruellius ... est inuentor, pariterqz harum X. insignium tabularum ... accessit singulis è decem tabulis explanatio Latina et Gallica ... = Dix grandes tables, contenantes les pourtraictz des ceremonies, honneurs et pompe funebres faitz au corps de feu serenissime prince Charles 3 du nom ... : a ses obseques & funerailles ... à Nancy, despuis le 14e may 1608 qu'il decede jusques 19e juillet suivant jour de son entombment ... / figuré en 48 tables dont Claude de la Ruelle ... est inventeur ... plus est adiousté ... une description en deux langues, Latine & Françoise ...
La Ruelle, Claude de
Category
Books
Date
1611
Materials
Place of origin
Nancy
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3060521
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.. :. chiefly ill. (engravings), coats of arms ;. fol. Accession no. 3187. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: Leopold I, duke of Lorraine, before 1690; manuscript inscription on flyleaf: 'Ex dono Leopoldi primi Lotharingia & Barri ducis felicis recordationis' and later date, 1726. manuscript inscription on flyleaf of Paul Gamien, 1839; manuscript inscription on flyleaf of F.-A. Pernot [painter, (1793-1865). Unidentified Paris sale c.1890 (supplement, lot 126, leaf of the catalogue inserted loose); Morgand et Fatou (stock no. 11090, c.1890, on verso of free front endpaper); 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.46. Binding: French red morocco gilt probably 1690, arms of Leopold I, duke of Lorraine, 1679-1729; plain spaced triple fillet panel with square bunch-of-flowers tool at corners. Spine lettered directly; panels decorated with spread eagles in centres and fleurs-de-lis and crosses of Lorraine in corner. Blue and white double headband, gilt edges, unusual marbled endleaves. Possibly attributed to Eloi Levasseur.
Makers and roles
La Ruelle, Claude de Brentel, Frédéric, ca. 1580-1651 La Hière, Jean Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650 Loye, Herman de