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Book ID: 1916
| Title | Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée. Course de bague; collation ornée de machines; comedie, meslée de danse et de musique; ballet du palais d'Alcine; feu d'artifice; et autres festes galantes et magnifiques faites par le Roy a Versailles le VII. May M.DC.LXIV. et continuées plusieurs autres jours | |||||
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| Year of event | 1664 | |||||
| Event description | Festivity at Versailles held by Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715) - running at the ring; supper; comedy; ballet; fireworks; illuminations; ball | |||||
| Event type | Court Entertainments | |||||
| Event place | Versailles | |||||
| Publication info | Paris: Imprimerie Royale; 1673; 2° | |||||
| Pages | 91pp | |||||
| Illustrations | Engraved title page and 9 engravings by Israel Sylvestre and François Chauveau | |||||
| Festival type | Ballet; Balls; Comedies; Fireworks; Illuminations; Processions; Running at the ring; Suppers | |||||
| Rulers | Louis XIV, King of France | |||||
| Artists | Chauveau, François; Silvestre, Israel; Benserade, Isaac de | |||||
| Shelfmark | BL 562*.g.25.(1.); BNF FOL- H- 1998; BNF FOL- RA3- 122 (1); BNF FOL- V- 3745 (1); BNF MICROFILM M- 12417; BNF Pd-76-Fol.; BNF R 79480; BNF R99403; BNF RES- V- 498; BNF RES- V- 501; BNF SMITH LESOUEF R- 3879; V&A 67.D.16 | |||||
| URL | http://special-1.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/BookDetails.aspx?strFest=0065 | |||||
| Notes | Copy at BNF SMITH LESOUEF R- 3879 is another edition (34pp). First published separately in 1664. The colophon states: 'Paris, de l'imprimerie royale, Par les soins de Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Directuer de ladite Imprimerie, M.DC.LXXIV'. A digital copy of BNF FOL- V- 3745 (1) can be found here (copy link and paste into browser address bar): http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1118230.r=les+plaisirs+de+l%27isle+enchant%C3%A9e+1673.langEN | |||||