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Tournament with running at the ring and at the head, held in Paris by Louis XIV. (Paris: 1662)
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Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour en l'année 1662. (Paris, 1670)
  Page 001  
  Title_page Letterpress half-title.
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  Engraved_tp With a portrait of Louis XIV, engraved by Gilles Rousselet.
Title_page Engraved title.
  Page 005  
  Dedication To Louis, Dauphin of France.
  Page 008  
  Coat_of_Arms
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  Tournament The tournament invovled five teams, or "quadrilles", each representing one of the five great nations: the Romans (led by the King himself), the Persians, the Turks, the Indians and the American savages.
Running_at_the_ring
Section "Courses de testes et de bague ... ."
  Page 011  
  Arena The square in front of the Tuileries was chosen, because of its size, to be the arena for the tournament.
  Page 013  
  Procession Of the five teams, in costume, into and around the arena.
Section "Marche des cinq quadrilles et des mareschaux de camp ... ."
  Page 018  
  Seven engravings showing the order of the procession from the Palais des Tuileries into the arena, with the teams and their individual members identified in the key to each engraving.
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  Portrait "Le mareschal de Gramont mareschal de camp general."
Section This section is made up of engravings illustrating the members of the Roman team and letterpress explanations of their costumes.
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  "Timbaliers romains."
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  "Trompettes romains."
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  "Estafiers romains."
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  "Cheval de main et palfreniers romains."
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  "Pages romains."
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  "Aide de camp romain."
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  Portrait "Mareschal de camp romain."
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  Portrait "Le roy, empereur romain" (double-page engraving)
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  Emblem Devices of the Roman team.
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  Section "Devises des chefs et des chevaliers des quadrilles."
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  Emblem
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  "Timbalier et trompette persans."
Section This section illustrates the Persian team.
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  "Estafiers, cheval de main, et palfreniers persans."
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  "Escuyer et page persans."
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  "Mareschal de camp persan."
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  Portrait "Monsieur, roy de Perse." The Dauphin.
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  Emblem Devices of the Persian team.
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  Section "Devises de la seconde quadrille."
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  Emblem Devices of the Persian team.
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  "Timbalier et trompette turcs."
Section This section illustrates the Turkish team.
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  "Estafiers, cheval de main, et palfreniers turcs."
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  "Escuyer et page turcs."
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  "Mareschal de camp turc."
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  Portrait "Le prince de Condé , empereur des turcs."
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  Emblem Devices of the Turkish team.
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  Scene "Devises de la troisieme quadrille."
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  Emblem Devices of the Turkish team.
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  "Timbalier et trompette indiens."
Section This section illustrates the members of the Indian team.
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  "Estafiers, cheval de main, et palfreniers indiens."
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  "Escuyer et page indiens."
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  "Mareschal de camp indien."
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  Portrait "Le duc d'Anguien, roy des indes."
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  Emblem The devices of the Indian team.
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  Section "Devises de la quatrieme quadrille."
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  Emblem The devices of the Indian team.
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  "Timbalier et trompette ameriquains."
Section This section describes the members of the American team.
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  "Mores portans des singes, et menans des ours."
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  "Estafiers, cheval de main et palfreniers ameriquains."
  Page 108  
  "Escuyer et page ameriquains."
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  "Mareschal de camp ameriquain."
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  Portrait "Le duc de Guyse, roy ameriquain."
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  Emblem The devices of the American team.
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  Scene "Devises de la cinquieme quadrille."
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  "Comparse des cinq quadrilles dans l'amphitheatre."
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  Tournament The description of the actual tournament, with running-at-the-ring and running-at-the-head, begins here.
Section "Comparse des cinq quadrilles dans l'amphitheatre."
  Page 124  
  List "Ordre des quadrilles."
  Page 126  
  "Courses de testes."
  Page 128  
  Running_at_the_head
Section "Courses de testes."
  Page 130  
  Running_at_the_ring
Section "Courses de bague."
  Page 131  
  Imprint
  Page 132  
  Poem Section This section is made up of a long Latin poem, "Circus regius", by Esprit Fléchier.
  Page 137  
  "Course de bague."
Festival details

Festival:
Tournament with running at the ring and at the head, held in Paris by Louis XIV.

Date:
1662

City:
Paris

Participants:
Louis XIV (1638-1715) ('le Grand'), King of France
Louis de France (1661-1711), Dauphin de Viennois

Dynasty:
Bourbon
Book details

Title:
Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour en l'année 1662.

Alternative title:
Circius regius.

Names:
Fléchier, Esprit (Author)
Silvestre, Israel (1621-1691) (Engraver)
Perrault, Charles (1628-1703) (Author)
Chauveau, François (1613-1676) (Engraver)
Rousselet, Gilles (Engraver)
Mabre-Cramoisy, Sebastien (Printer)

Published:
Paris, 1670

Shelfmark:
562*.h.9

Format:
[8], 1-8 pp., 9-61 leaves, [3] leaves, 63-67, [1], 65-104 pp., [2] double plates (inserted between pates 64 and 65, and 68 and 69. All other engravings seem to be included in the pagination) Folio 97 engravings by Silvestre, Chauveau and Rousselet.

References:
Watanabe No. 1908

Notes:
The pagination of the book is erratic, to say the least, as the numbering switches several times between pages and leaves, many of which are in any case misnumbered.
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