Festiva ad capita annulumque decursio : a Rege Ludovico XIV, principibvs, summisque aulæ proceribus edita anno M. DC. LXIII

Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 · 1670 · Parisiis : E Typographia Regia · 32 pictures

A 1670 Paris royal print record of the Carrousel of 1662-63, a horse festival staged by Louis XIV and his courtiers, published by the royal printing house and recorded by Charles Perrault. The engraved plates show riders in plumed helmets and elaborate costume on richly harnessed horses, with ribbon banners, ornamental cartouches, and the motto Ut vidi vici framed in baroque scrollwork, offering designers period costume, plumed headdresses, and decorative border ideas.

Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715 · Horse processions · Tournaments · Tournaments, Medieval · Horse processions -- France -- Early works to 1800 · Tournaments, Medieval -- France -- Paris -- Early works to 1800 · Tournaments -- France -- Paris -- 17th century · Engraving · Engraving -- Printing · Manners and customs · France -- Social life and customs -- 17th century · France

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