[Ancient Types and Characters According to Attached or Written Documents.] FIRST EDITION. 86 pages. 33 x 26 cm. Twenty hand-colored tinted lithographed plates. Designs by Th. Fragonard et Dufey. Minor age-toning to plates mostly in the margins. Ex-library 'Charles G. King' on front pastedown. There is no external marking; embossed (blind) stamp on the title bookplate; plates are unmarked. Distinctive red binding; spine and boards most elaborately decorated in gilt motifs and blind; all edges gilt; some wear to spine, extremities, and corners. Some plates have foxing. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. L'Ecolier. XVII siecle. 2. La Courtisane Venitienne. XVII siecle. 3. Le Mignon. XVII siecle. 4. La Bohemienne. XVII siecle. 5. Le Bravo. XVI siecle. 6. La Camarera-Mayor. XVII siecle. 7. Le Fou. XV siecle. 8. L'Empirique. XVII siecle. 9. La Chatelaine. XVI siecle. 10. Le Pelerin. XVII siecle. 11. Le Nain. XVI siecle. 12. L'Adventurier. XVI siecle. 13. La Fille d'Honneur de l'Escadron de Venus. XVI siecle. 14. L'Astrologue. XVI siecle. 15. Le Page. XVII siecle. 16. Le Roi des Ribauds. XVI siecle. 17. La Favorite. XVIII siecle. 18. Lansquenet. XVI siecle. 19. Le Menestrel. XV siecle. 20. Le Recruteur. XVIII siecle.