MENESTRIER (Fr.). DES DECORATIONS FUNEBRES... Paris, Robert - Lot 140

MENESTRIER (Fr.). DES DECORATIONS FUNEBRES... Paris, Robert Pepie, 1687. In-8, [2]-4-367-[1] pages, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). Second edition, in which hangings, lights, mausoleums, catafalques, inscriptions & other funeral ornaments are amply treated; with all that has been done for more than a century for Popes, Emperors, Kings, Queens, Cardinals, Princes, Prelates, Scientists & Persons Illustrious in Birth, Virtue & Dignities.... It is illustrated with woodcut vignettes and portraits in the text by Sevin. An 18-page fragment bound in fine: Description de la décoration funèbre de Saint Denis pour les obsèques de la Reine. Stamps, binding damaged.