Lot 35
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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?]. [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]. 2 works in one volume, 2° (595 x 360mm). Engraved throughout, first work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 9 leaves of text within a decorative surround, 19 plates, 10 double-page; second work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 6 leaves of text within decorative surround, 7 double-page plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein (book-label) .
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?]. [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]. 2 works in one volume, 2° (595 x 360mm). Engraved throughout, first work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 9 leaves of text within a decorative surround, 19 plates, 10 double-page; second work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 6 leaves of text within decorative surround, 7 double-page plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein (book-label) .

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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?]. [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]. 2 works in one volume, 2° (595 x 360mm). Engraved throughout, first work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 9 leaves of text within a decorative surround, 19 plates, 10 double-page; second work with title within decorative surround, emblematic frontispiece, 6 leaves of text within decorative surround, 7 double-page plates. (Some soiling, mainly marginal.) Contemporary mottled calf (rebacked, extremities rubbed, corners worn). Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein (book-label) .

FIRST EDITION. 'A VERY FINE WORK' (Cohen-de Ricci) celebrating 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.

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