Descripcion de los ornatos públicos con que la corte de Madrid ha solemnizado la feliz exâltacion al trono de los reyes nuestros señores don Carlos IIII. y doña Luisa de Borbon, y la jura del serenisimo señor don Fernando, principe de Asturias
An official festival book by Juan Sempere y Guarinos, printed at the Imprenta Real in Madrid in 1789, recording the temporary decorations Madrid erected for the accession of Charles IV and María Luisa and the oath to Prince Ferdinand. The engravings by Francisco de Paula Martí and others give elevations and ground plans of hung facades, triumphal arches and pavilions, with draped windows, garlands, allegorical statues, inscription tablets and tiled floor patterns drawn in fine line.





















