WEDDING OF THE DAUPHIN. - Bal paré à Versailles pour le mari - Lot 31

WEDDING OF THE DAUPHIN. - Bal paré à Versailles pour le mariage de monseigneur le Dauphin le mercredi 24 février 1745. In-12 oblong on strong laid paper. A rare document. This print, engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin fils with the arms of the future Maréchal-duc de Richelieu, premier gentilhomme de la Chambre chargé des spectacles, also bears the engraved signature of Michel de Bonneval, intendant des Menus plaisirs. EARLIEST SON OF LOUIS XV AND MARIE LESZCZYNSKA, the Dauphin Louis married the infanta Maria Theresa of Spain in 1745, but she died prematurely in 1746, following childbirth. Louis in turn died in 1765, but three of the sons he had by his second wife, Marie-Josèphe de Saxe, ascended the throne: Louis XVI, Louis XVIII and Charles X. Dimensions: 5 cm x 8.4 cm