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Mercury presents to Louis Duc de Bourgogne the portrait of Marie Adelaide of Savoy, representing their marriage and the alliance of France with Savoy. Etching by F.D. Née after C-N. Cochin after N. de Largillière.

Astronomy: an angel astride the cosmos, looking heavenward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.

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Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy

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Astronomy: an angel astride the cosmos, looking heavenward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.