LOUIS XV, King of France (1710-1774) -- Fêtes publique données par la ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, Les 23 et 26 Fevrier MDCCXLV. [Paris: n.d. but 1745?]. Engraved throughout, title within decorative surround, with text (explanation of frontispiece) on verso, emblematic frontispiece (verso blank), 9 leaves of text within a decorative surround and including a decorative initial, one vignette decoration and a full-page decorative tailpiece, 19 plates, 10 double-page (marginal tears to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd plates, the 1st and 3rd repaired, filled wormtrack to outer blank margins). [Bound with:] Fête publique donnée par la ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin Le 13 Fevrier MDCCXLVII [Paris: 1747]. Engraved throughout, title within decorative surround, with text (explanation of frontispiece) on verso, emblematic frontispiece (verso blank), 6 leaves of text within a decorative surround and including a decorative tailpiece, 7 double-page plates (wormtrack to outer blank margins). 2 works in one volume, broadsheet (632 x 470mm), contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in eight compartments with raised bands, green morocco lettering-piece in the second, the other compartments with repeat decoration in gilt centering on a large flower-spray tool (joints and extremities scuffed). A FINE EXAMPLE OF THIS PAIR OF FêTE BOOKS WHICH ARE OFTEN FOUND BOUND TOGETHER. These beautifully produced works celebrate the two marriages of the eldest son of Louis XV, first to Marie-Thérèse of Spain (who died in childbirth in July 1746), and secondly to Marie-Josephe of Saxony. Berlin Kat. 3016-3017; Cohen-de Ricci 392-393.