Relation de l'inauguration solemnelle de sa sacrée majesté Marie Thérèse [...] comme comtesse de Flandres, célébrée à Gand, ville capitale de la province, le XXVII. avril 1744.

Folio: front.-43 pp.; 2 pl. (sev. soiling and staining, some dam., marg. wormholes, 2nd engr. cut short and with some tears).

Contemp. calf, gilt arms on covers, gilt spine with 6 raised bands (worn, soiling, def.).

First edition of this work on Maria Theresa's inauguration as countess of Flanders at Ghent. Ill. with an engr. front. depicting Maria Theresa by Frans Pilsen after the painting of Philips Charles Marissal and a very large folding plate by Pilsen, based on the architectural works by the Ghent architect David 't Kindt, showing a general view of the ceremony conducted on an elaborate stage built at the Vrijdagmarkt. Title printed in red & black. Swaf.
Ref. Vanderhaegen 2748. - Landwehr, S.C., 209. - STCV.
Prov. François Xaverius Paternoster, 1756 (ownership entry).