Combat a la barriere
Subtitle: faict en covr de Lorraine le 14. febvrier, en l'année presente 1627
By: representé par les discours & poësie du Sieur Henry Hvmbert ; enrichy des figvres dv Sievr Iacqve Callot
Contributors: Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635
Publisher: Par Sebastien Philippe, imprimeur de Son Altesse
Published: 1627
Place of publication: A Nancy
Language: fre
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Festivals; Tournaments; Early works to 1800; Court and courtiers
Other titles: Combat a la barriere :
Notes: Etched frontispiece depicts the arms of the Duchesse de Chevreuse, to whom the work is dedicated. There follow 9 double-leaf plates, tipped onto stubs at the centerfold. The first 8 depict the entrées of the noble combattants and of Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, while only the last depicts the actual "Combat a la barriere."

Signatures: ã⁴ A-G⁴ H².

Lieure, J.  Jacques Callot, 575-588

In Getty copy, leaf H2 ("Ordre povr mettre les figures en leurs lieux") is bound before H1.

In Getty copy the etching of an arm holding a sword at head of G3r has been cut away; see Lieure, 587-588. A slip of paper (64 x 83 mm.) is mounted in its place, and the letterpress text on G3v has been supplied by hand in brown ink.

Binding: old vellum, not original. Boards blind stamped with ornamental lozenge at center surrounded by two frames of fillets, fleurons at corners of the inner frame. Title and date written on spine in black ink.