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245 0 0 $a 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 vingt-neuviéme & trentiéme Août mil sept cent trente-neuf.
260 # # $a A Paris, $b De l'Imprimerie de P.G. Le Mercier, Imprimeur-Libraire ordinaire de la Ville, rue Saint Jacques, au Livre d'Or. $c M.DCC.XL. Avec Privilege Du Roy. $c [1740]
300 # # $a [ii], 22 p., 13 pl. (8 dble.): $b [2] illus.; $c 625 mm. (Folio.)
500 # # $a Seven plates are unnumbered - pl. [2, 3, 5-7, 10, 11]. The eight double pl. are nos. 1, [2], 8-13. Plate 4 has been bound in as a frontispiece. The two illus. are a t.p. vignette and headpiece at the head of the text.
505 0 # $a [Frontis., t.p.] - [Text] - [Plates].
508 # # $a All plates are signed as drawn and engraved by J.F. Blondel. Most carry also the name of a designer - Salley (pl. 1, 2, 6-9, 12, 13), Gabriel (pl. 3, 4), Servandony (pl.5) or Rousset (pl. 10, 11).

The title-page vignette is signed as drawn by Edm. Bouchardon and engraved by Soubeyran; the headpiece is signed as drawn and engraved by Jac. Rigaud.
520 2 # $a The plates are a record of the celebrations mounted in Paris on the occasion of the marriage of Louise Elisabeth, daughter of King Louis XV of France, and Filippo, Duke of Parma and son of King Philip V of Spain. (The marriage itself took place in Spain, at Alcala de Henares, on 25 October 1739.) The plates show: 1. Plan of the Seine; 2. Plan and elevation of a Temple of Hymen on Pont-Neuf; 3 & 4. Plan, profile and elevation of the throne; 5. Plan and elevation of the Salon de Musique; 6 & 7. Boats decorated with lanterns; 8. Plan and elevation of the Louvre terrace, showing tents; 9. Fireworks on the Seine; 10-13. Plans and sections of the Hôtel-de-Ville, showing the courtyard illuminated for the ball.
561 # # $a Purchased in 1868 (see 'Report on the Library', RA Annual Report for 1868, Appendix No. 6, p. 32).
563 # # $a 20th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; gilt-decorated spine, red morocco spine-label lettered 'Description Des Festes'.
600 1 4 $a Louise Elisabeth
600 1 4 $a Filippo
653 # # $a Weddings - Festivals - Fetes - Celebrations - France - Paris - History - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Plans - Elevations - Sections - Views - France - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - France - 18th century
700 1 # $a Le Mercier $e printer $e publisher $e bookseller
700 1 # $a Blondel $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Salley $e source artist
700 1 # $a Gabriel $e source artist
700 1 # $a Servandoni $e source artist
700 1 # $a Rousset $e source artist
700 1 # $a Bouchardon $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Soubeyran $e engraver
700 1 # $a Rigaud $e draughtsman $e engraver