$369
Char de la Ville [de Paris], Hand-colored Engraving. Large folding hand-colored engraving by Pierre Francois Tardieu (1711-1771) depicting the allegorical triumphal car or pageant wagon fashioned to represent the city of Paris during the city-wide festival celebrating the marriage of Louis, Dauphin de Paris (1729-1765) and Maria Josepha of Saxony (1731-1767) on February 13, 1747, from the book Fete Publique donne par la Ville de Paris a l'occasion du Mariage de M. le Dauphin , Paris, 1747, presented in a large gilt frame with raw silk exterior mat, not viewed outside of the frame, 33 x 18 3/4 in. sight.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15