Author: MONTESPAN, FRANCOISE-ATHENAIS DE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, MARQUISE DE, (1641-1707)
Title: Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan [complete in 2 volumes]
Description: London : H. S. Nichols 1895. 1st edition. limited. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth. Gilt-tooled border and coat-of-arms to front panel. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 2 v. : ill. fronts. ; 23 cm. Subject: Montespan. Francoise-Athenais de Rochechouart de Mortemart. marquise de. 1641-1707 -- Biography. 'Limited edition of 500 copies. Five extra copies printed on Japanese vellum. but not offered for sale.' -- fly-leaf. 'Now first translated into English' --title page. Series: Collection of court memoirs. 7. Notes: Anonymous trans. attributed to Lafont d'Aussonne. Gaspard Louis (1770?-1849) - Translator's preface signed: P.E.P.Weight in Kg appr.:

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