MEDALS OF STANISLAS 1st, King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine an - Lot 147

MEDALS OF STANISLAS 1st, King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (Ukraine 1677 - Lunéville 1766). "Essai pour servir à l'Histoire Métallique de "STANISLAS le Bienfaisant" (Stanislas Leszczynski). Impr. à NANCY (Meurthe-et-Moselle), chez Pierre Antoine, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, de la Société Littéraire et de l'Hôtel de Ville, 1754, 65 pages in-4°, original cover. This copy contains handwritten corrections. (Descriptions of the 64 projected medals, their subjects and captions) "Médaille XIV. October 4th 1705. STANISLAS was crowned. This is the subject of this medal. On one side, the effigy. On the reverse, the archbishop pouring holy oil over the kneeling King. The legend. DEO ET POPULIS. God has chosen and consecrated him for the happiness of the people. Exergue. CONSEC. STAN. 1705."