BLONDEL, J.F. Lot n° 6

Description 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 & trentième août mil sept cent trente-neuf P., de l'imprimerie de P.G. Le Mercier, imprimeur-libraire ordinaire de la ville [...], 1740. Large folio, full olive morocco with the coat of arms of the Dauphin stamped in the center of the boards, framed by a triple border of two roulettes with palmettes and fleurs-de-lis enclosing a foliage roulette. In spandrels, alternating dolphins and fleur-de-lis set in a floral ornament. Spine decorated with dolphins and fleur-de-lys, roulette on the edges, gilt edges. Qq. old stains to the boards. 13 pl. and 22 pp. Book of celebrations with the arms of the Dauphin, decorated with 13 plates of which 8 double and 5 simple engraved by Blondel. Large engraved vignette on the title with the arms of the City of Paris, large vignette at the beginning of the text representing the joust on the Seine. Ruggieri, 570. Cohen, 288: "The most beautiful plates represent the Fireworks given on the Seine, and the views of the Decorations and Illuminations of the Salons of the Hôtel de ville.