Lot n° 128
Estimation :
400 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 400EUR
Charles PERCIER and Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE, Descri - Lot 128
Charles PERCIER and Pierre François Léonard FONTAINE, Description des cérémonies et des fêtes qui ont eu lieu pour le mariage de SM l'empereur Napoléon avec SAI l'archiduchesse Marie-Louise d'Autriche, Paris, imp. de Pierre Didot l'aîné, 1810. 1 vol in-plano: faux-titre, titre, 45 p., 13 pl., 1f. d'explication des planches. Copy with full margins. A few minor brown spots. Original Prussian blue boards restored. Commissioned from the Emperor's favorite architects, this work was intended to preserve the memory of ephemeral installations and to show the Emperor's power, in the same way as today's coronations are broadcast by cameras around the world. An architectural compendium, but also a political one, it was often presented to dignitaries of European powers.
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