Author: CAPEFIGUE, JEAN BAPTISTE HONORE RAYMOND (1802-1872)
Title: A king's mistress, or, Charles VII. & Agnes Sorel and chivalry in the XV. century
Description: Edinburgh : Privately printed 1887. Limited Edition. Near fine copy bound in contemporary 1/2 leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and raised bands to spine. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. 'This edition is limited to 275 small-paper copies. and 75 large-paper copies'--on verso of t.p. Provenance: From the libraries of Lestocq Robert Erskine and Muriel Christian Luard with their booplates to front endpapers. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 2 v. In 1 ; 18cm. Subjects: Charles VII. King of France. 1403-1461. Sorel. Agnes. ca. 1422-1450. Sorel. Agnes. 1409-1450. - Chivalry. Chivalry - History - Charles VII. 1422-1461. Series: Bibliotheca curiosa. by M. Capefigue ; now first translated from the French. with notes & illustrations by Edmund Goldsmid [complete: 2 volumes in 1].Weight in Kg appr.:

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