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Weddings of King Louis XV's children

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$ 8 000
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29.01.2021 10:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 86 | Weddings of King Louis XV's children
ROYAL SPECTACLES – Déscription des festes données par la ville de Paris, à l’occasion du mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d’Espagne, les vingt-neuvième août mil sept cent trente-neuf. Paris: P.G. Le Mercier, 1740. [BOUND WITH:] Fêtes publiques données par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin, les 23 et 26 février M.DCC.XLV. [Paris, 1745.] [AND WITH:] Fête publique donnée par la ville de Paris à l'occasion du mariage de Monseigneur le Dauphin le 13. fevrier M.DCC.XLVII. [Paris, 1747.]

Three spectacular festival books commemorating the wedding nuptials of Louis XV’s children, in a contemporary red morocco binding with arms of the city of Paris. The first work brings together views of the festivals celebrating the marriage in 1739 of Louis XV’s eldest daughter Louise-Elisabeth and the second son of Philip V of Spain. Louis XV decided that the event would take place on the water between the Pont-Neuf and the Pont-Royal, and he entrusted Florentin Servandoni with the task of organizing this celebration. The remarkable intaglio illustrations document the entire spectacle on the Seine, from the structure built for the fireworks on the Pont-Neuf, the octagon “island” built for the musicians and the eight marine monsters surrounding the island, a plan of the superstructures built along the banks of the river to accommodate the viewers, and the Throne Loge in the form of a baldacchino attached to the Louvre in which the royal couple could view the spectacle. The final plates show plans and sections of the ballroom, and even a diagram of the arrangement of the plates of food.

The second work in this folio volume illustrates the equally spectacular marriage in February 1745 of Louis, Dauphin of France, to Maria Teresa, Infanta of Spain. Public buildings throughout the city were illuminated, and banquets, masked balls, dances, and musical performances were held. The plates illustrate the specially erected “salles” in which visiting guests could sit and view the spectacles, as well as scenes from the balls and banquets, and depictions of the illuminations. Of particular note are the fine plates illustrating night scenes.

Maria Teresa died in childbirth in July 1746, and a new marriage alliance was soon cemented, this time between the Dauphin and Marie-Josephe of Saxony. The third work bound in this volume illustrates major elements of that celebration, including the procession and its elaborate chariots, which allegorize the figures of Mars, Hymen, Ceres, Bacchus, and the City of Paris; and the fireworks display before the Hôtel de Ville. Berlin Katalog 3012, 3016 & 3017; Cohen-de Ricci 288, 392 & 393; Lipperheide (1965) Sg 19, Sg 21 & Sg 22; Millard French 26 & 27; Vinet 519, 522 & 523; Watanabe 2078, 2120 & 2125.

Three works in one volume, folio (635 x 485mm). Title with etched vignette by Pierre Soubeyran after Edmond Bouchardon, and 13 etched and engraved views and plans by Jacques-François Blondel after Blondel, Pierre-Noël Rousset and others, of which eight are double-paged (occasional toning and spotting, a few light dampstains). FÊTES OF 1745: Text within etched ornamental borders; engraved title by Jean Charles Delafosse after Charles Eisen, allegorical frontispiece by Jacques Philippe Le Bas after Charles Hutin, and 19 engraved plates, of which ten are double-page, by and after Jacques-François Blondel (occasional light spotting). FÊTES OF 1747: Text within etched ornamental borders; engraved title by Lattré after Blondel, allegorical frontispiece by Jean Jacques Flipart after Michel-Ange Slodtz, and seven double-page engraved plates by A. Benoist, N. Le Mire, P.F. Tardieu, Flipart and others after Blondel and Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (occasional spotting, a few dampstains and small ink stains). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, with arms of the city of Paris on covers (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edgard Stern (1854-1937, Parisian banker and collector; bookplate, confiscated from him by the Nazi authorities following their occupation of Paris after May 1940 and eventually restituted to Mme Edgard Stern; family sale, Drouot, 27 June 1988, lot 61).
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