Frontispiece copperplate engraving by Charles Simonneau l'aîné after a drawing by Charles-Antoine Coypel from Menestrier’s Medailles sur les Principaux Evenements du Regne de Louis le Grand, Paris, 1702. Charles-Antoine Coypel was a French painter, art commentator, and playwright. Oval portrait of King Louis XIV by Rigaud supported by cupids.

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