Author: GROLIER SOCIETY (LONDON)
Title: Secret Court Memoirs [complete in 20 volumes]
Description: London : Printed for the Grolier Society. [1904] 1904. Limited Edition. Edition de Luxwe. limited to 1.000 copies - this is no. 963 - signed by the editor. Very good copies in the original title-labelled cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Boards stained towards edges. Some of the title labels are worn and scratched. POS to front pastedown of each volume. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description: 20v. plates. ports. fronts. ; 23cm. Contents: v.1. Memoirs of Henri the IV. King of France and Navarre / by the court historian of Louis XIV. --v.2. Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois. queen of Navarre / written by herself. --v.3. Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz : containing all the great events during the minority of Louis XIV and the administration of Cardinal Mazarin. --v.4 & 5. Memoirs of Madame La Marquise de Montespan / written by herself. --v.6. Secret memoirs of the court of Louis XIV : and of the regency. --v.7 & 8. Secret memoirs of the courts of Louis XV and XVI / taken from the memoirs of Madame Du Hausset. lady's maid to Madame de Pompadour. and from the journal of the Princess Lamballe. --v.9 & 10. Memoirs of the court of Marie Antoinette. queen of France : with sketches of her private life / by Madame Campan. first lady-in-waiting to the queen --v.10. --v.11 & 12. Secret memoirs of the court of St. Cloud : in a series of letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London. --v. 13-15. Secret memoirs of the court of the Empress Josephine : with anecdotes of the courts of Navarre and Malmaison / by Madame Ducrest. --v.16 & 17. Secret memoirs of the court of Berlin. or. The character of the King of Prussia. his ministers. mistresses. generals. courtiers. favourites. and the Royal family of Prussia / by Count Mirabeau. --v.18 & 19. Memoirs of the courts of Sweden and Denmark during the reigns of Christian VII. of Denmark and Gustavus III. and IV. of Sweden. --v.20. Memoirs of Catherine II. and the court of St. Petersburg during her reign and that of Paul I / by one of her courtiers. Subjects: France -- Social life and customs -- History -- Court and courtiers. Notes: Date of publication from British Museum Catalogue. Plates with guard sheets and descriptive letterpress. Title-pages printed in red and black.Weight in Kg appr.:

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