[FESTIVAL BOOK.] [LOUIS XV, King of France .] Fête publique donnée par la ville de Paris à l’occasion de mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin le 13 février 1747.

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[FESTIVAL BOOK.] [LOUIS XV, King of France .] Fête publique donnée par la ville de Paris à l’occasion de mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin le 13 février 1747. [ Paris: 1747.] Large folio (630 × 480 mm). Contemporary red morocco, covers with gilt border of flower and tassel roll, fillets, and fleurs-de-lys roll, spine richly gilt in compartments, tooled with fleurs-de-lys, stars, and smaller corner fleurs-de-lys, black morocco lettering-piece to one compartment, gilt edges, gilt turn-ins with flower and fleur-de-lys roll, marbled endpapers, in a late 19th-century marbled slipcase; ff. [8], engraved throughout (title within large decorative border after François Blondel; allegorical frontispiece after Michel-Ange Slodtz, engraved by Jean-Jacques Flipart; six leaves of text within a large decorative border by L. de Lorrain, engraved by Pierre-François Tardieu), with seven double-page engraved plates mounted on guards, signed by Marvye, Le Mire, Tardieu, and Benoist; spine ends and two corners repaired, crack ( c. 90 mm) at foot of lower hinge, light staining to boards, scratches to lower cover; light variable toning (especially to page edges) and offsetting, one double-page plate with significant browning, occasional spots or marks, pinhole wormhole to lower outer corner (far from printed surface); overall a very good, clean copy; contemporary signature “Philippe” to verso of the front free endpaper. First edition of an exquisite festival book, fully engraved throughout and fine

• Binding: Hardcover

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