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Blondel (Jean-Francois). Description des Festes données par la Ville de Paris, a l'Occasion du Mariage de Madame Louise-Elisabeth de France, & de Dom Philippe, Infant & Grand Amiral d'Espagne, les vinght-neuvieme & trentieme Aout mil sept cent trente-neuf, Paris, P.G. Le Mercier, 1740, title with engraved vignette by Soubeyran after Bouchardon, engraved headpiece by Regaud, 13 fine engraved plates by Blondel, after Blondel-Gabriel Salley, Rousset and Servandoni (including 8 double-page), few plates loosening at foot of guards, some leaves of text with short closed tear at foot of gutter margins, occasional light dust-soiling mostly to margins, some light spotting, later printed endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon quarter morocco with gilt decorated spine, later paper covering to boards with faint ink stamp to upper board, wear at head and foot of spine and to board corners, boards and extremities rubbed, atlas folio (62.5 x 47 cm) (Quantity: 1) Cohen-de-Ricci 288; Berlin Katalog 3012; Lipperheide 2714. The only edition of this sumptuous souvenir of the festivities given by the city of Paris in honour of the wedding of Louise-Elisabeth, daughter of Louis XV, to the son of Philip V of Spain. The celebration was held along the Seine between the Pont Royal and the Pont Neuf, and on an island in the river which had been specially constructed for the purpose. The celebration included a magnificent firework display and a Grand Ball at the Hotel de Ville.