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245 0 0 $a Représentation Des Fêtes Données Par La Ville De Strasbourg Pour la Convalescence du Roi; à l'arrivée et pendant le séjour de Sa Majesté en cette Ville. Inventé, Dessiné et dirigé par J.M. Weis, Graveur de la Ville de Strasbourg.
246 3 # $a Description Des Fêtes Données
260 # # $b Imprimé par Laurent Aubert $a à Paris. $c (1744.)
300 # # $a 20 p. (engr.), engr. t.pl., engr. port., 11 dble pl.: $b illus.; $c 598 mm. (Broadsheet.)
500 # # $a The engraved title-plate is printed on two leaves pasted together.
505 0 # $a [Engr. t.pl., engr. port.] - [Plates] - [Engr. text, 'Description Des Fêtes Données ...'].
508 # # $a The engraved portrait is signed as painted by C. Parrocel, the head by J. Chevallier after a bust by J.B. le Moine, and engraved by J.G. Will. The plates are all signed as designed, drawn and directed by J.M. Weis, and as engraved by J. Ph. Le Bas (apart from pl. 1, signed as engraved by M. Marvye, and pl. 10, signed as engraved by 'l'Auteur').

The headpiece and tailpiece of the engraved text are signed as designed and drawn by J.M. Weis and as engraved by Marvye. The borders of the text are signed on pp. 11, 12, as made by Babel. The engraved title-plate is signed as scripted by Le Parmentier and engraved by M. Marvic; the engraved portrait is also signed as scripted by Le Parmentier.
510 0 # $a Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire Du Fonds Français Après 1800, vol. 13 (1974), ed. Y. Sjöberg, nos. 29-39, p.104-7.

A general survey of European pageantry was B. Holme, Princely feasts and festivals: five centuries of pageantry and spectacle (1988).
520 2 # $a No publication-date is given on the title-plate. Several plates are captioned as representations of Louis XV's visit to Strasbourg in October 1744.

The plates and text describe the procession, arches, stages, decorations, pageants, jousts and fireworks marking the visit of Louis XV to the city, including a striking representation of an illuminated Strasbourg cathedral (pl. 7).
561 # # $a The front pastedown carries the armorial book-plate of 'Sr. Charles Frederick Surveyor General of the Ordnance'. The verso of the front free endpaper carries the book-plate of 'Iohannes Phillip R.A.' Purchased for RA Library in 1873 (see 'List of Books Purchased', RA Annual Report for 1873, Appendix No. 5, p. 37).
563 # # $a Rebound in full calf by Robert Paling (1998), gilt-tooled in period style with red morocco spine-label lettered 'Fêtes De Strasbourg'.
600 0 4 $a Louis XV
600 1 4 $a Weis
653 # # $a Processions - Ceremonies - Pageants - Celebrations - Fireworks - France - Alsace - Strasbourg - History - 18th century
653 # # $a Triumphal arches - Temporary structures - Cathedrals - Public buildings - Streets - France - Alsace - Strasbourg - 18th century - Rococo
653 # # $a Rulers - Monarchs - Publicizing - Public relations - France - Alsace - Strasbourg - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Views - France - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - France - 18th century
700 1 # $a Weis $e source artist $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Marvie $e engraver
700 1 # $a Le Bas $e engraver
700 1 # $a Parrocel $e source artist
700 1 # $a Chevallier $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a le Moine $e source artist
700 1 # $a Babel $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Wille $e engraver
700 1 # $a Le Parmentier $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Frederick, Charles $e previous owner
700 1 # $a Phillip $e previous owner
700 1 # $a Aubert $e printer