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BINDING. -- [Johann Martin WEIS]. Représentation des Fëtes données par la ville de Strasbourg pour la convalescence du roi; à l'arrivée et pendant le séjour de sa majesté en cette ville. Paris: Laurent Aubert, [1745?]. Large 2° (617 x 470mm). Engraved throughout. Title within a cartouche by M.Marvie after Le Parmentier, equestrian portrait of Louis XV engraved by J.G.Will after C.Parrocel, J.Chevallier and J.B.le Moine, 11 double-page views engraved by J.P.Le Bas after Weis, 20 pages of descriptive text within decorative borders and including vignette head- and tailpieces by Marvie after Weis. (The first double-page view with neatly repaired tear at fold, some light browning or soiling.) CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO GILT BY PADELOUP (with his ticket at foot of title), covers with elaborate blocked border incorporating a crowned double-L monogram of Louis XV (not in Olivier), the corner ovals tooled with the unidentified arms (a crowned lion rampant) of the original owner, all surrounding the centrally-placed arms of Louis XV (Olivier 2495, fer 10, on a copy of this work), the spine in ten compartments, green morocco lettering-piece in one, the others with a crowned double-L monogram (Olivier 2495, fer 29) surrounded by various small tools, gilt turn-ins, g.e. (very slight rubbing to bands of spine and corners). Provenance : unidentified arms (binding). A VERY FINE EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF ONE OF THE GREATEST FRENCH BINDERS. Padeloup bound a number of copies of this work: in mottled calf and red, green or yellow morocco. The corner ovals were tooled with arms of the intended recipients. The work is a record of the fetes given by the city of Strassbourg to celebrate the visit of Louis XV, and also his recovery from a dangerous illness contracted at Metz in 1744. Cohen/de Ricci 870; Berlin Kat. 3015; Cf. Gruel Manuel... de l'Amateur de relieurs. vol.I plate facing p.140 (identical but for the corner arms). (2)