Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 19.8 x 14.3 cm (7.8 x 5.63 inch). Image size: 13.8 x 9.9 cm. (5.43 x 3.9 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. A few of the plates with small restorations at tears or paper loss at the plate edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FESTIVITIES-LOUIS XV-STRASBOURG | PCO-EXPO-XLARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
From: ‘Representation des fetes donnees par la ville de Strasbourg Pour la Convalescence du Roi; a l’arrivee et pendant le sejour de Sa Majeste en cette Ville.’, Paris, Laurent Aubert (c.1745). This work illustrated Louis XV’s visit to Strasbourg in 1744 and contained 11 large plates and a pedestrian portrait of Louis XV. It is condidered one of the most beautiful books on festivities and the most beautiful book of Strasbourg.
Reference: The plates can be sold individually.
Biography engraver: Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783) was a French engraver and workshop head, known for reproducing major works and training generations of engravers.
Biography artist: Johann/Jean-Martin I Weiss (1711-1751).













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