Relation de l'inauguration solemnelle de sa sacrée majesté imperiale et catholique Charles VI [...] comme comte de Flandres. Celebrée à Gand [...] le XVIII octobre 1717.

Folio: 32 pp., 5 pl. (marg. dam., some soiling and fox., all pl. with min. def., one pl. and front. missing).

Contemp. calf, gilt coat of arms on covers, gilt spine with 7 raised bands (sev. worn., sev. dam., scratches, corners sev. bumped).

Memorial fête book illustrating the inauguration in Ghent of Charles VI (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor, as Count of Flanders in 1717. 5 large to very large folding plates picturing the solemn ceremony at St Bavo's Cathedral (by J.B. Berterham), the ceremony conducted on an elaborate stage built by J. Colin at the Vrijdagmarkt (by Berterham, after C. Eyskens), a triumphal arch (by M. Heylbrouck, after J.B. van Volxsom), fireworks in the city (by Heylbrouck) and the lighting of the city hall during the night (by J. Harrewijn). Title in red and black.
Ref. Landwehr, S.C., 198. - STCV.