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[NAVY]. Ordinance of Louis XIV […] Issued at Fontainebleau in the month of August 1681. Concerning the Navy. Paris: Denys Thierry and Christophe Ballard, 1681. In-4°, brown calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with lilies (contemporary binding). à4, A-Z4, Aa-Ll4, Ll*, Mm-Oo4, Pp2, Qq-Ss4 & [I unsigned folio (Privilege)]. FIRST EDITION of Colbert’s Great Ordinance on the Navy, one of the most important under the Ancien Régime. Long handwritten copy in calligraphic script on the title pag

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