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Book ID: 2150
| Title | Une fête à Arras au XVIIIe siècle naissance du Comte d'Artois (Octobre et Novembre 1757) . . . | |||||
| Authors | Acremant, Gustave | |||||
| Year of event | 1757 | |||||
| Event description | Celebrations in Arras for the birth of Charles-Philippe, comte d'Artois, later Charles X, King of France (1757-1836) | |||||
| Event type | Births and christenings | |||||
| Event place | Arras | |||||
| Publication info | Abbeville: Cabinet historique de l'Artois et de la Picardie; 1894; 8° | |||||
| Pages | 34pp | |||||
| Illustrations | 1 lithograph | |||||
| Festival type | Balls; Banquets and feasts; Fireworks; Illuminations; Te Deums; Medaillons | |||||
| Rulers | Charles X, King of France (Charles-Philippe, comte d'Artois) | |||||
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| Shelfmark | BNF 8- RA4- 555 | |||||
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| Notes | Also includes illuminated transparency above entrance to the Abbaye royale. Sources for this account are the Mercure de France (January 1758), the Almanach d'Artois of 1759 and an unsigned manuscript in the library of M. Moncomble-Colin: Faits notables et remarquables arrivées tant dans la ville d'Arras que dans les pays à l'environ. | |||||