Buy this book on-line Orleans, Duchesse D' - Mother of the Regent : Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the RegencyThe Grolier Society, London, 1904
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES. Green cloth boards with paper title label which have age dulling to label else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a decorative bookplate of Partridges and monogram to front endpaper, age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Fore and lower edges uncut. Top edge gilt. A Very Good+ copy. Uniform with The Secret Court Memoirs series. Title page and etchings on Japan paper. Printed on Grolier watermarked quality paper. 403 pages. 6 very beautiful Original etchings / engravings, tissue protected - Madame de La Valliere - Photo-etching from a rare painting in Palais Royal, The Regent and His Mother-Photogravure from apainting by Pujol, Princess de Conti-Etching by Mercier from the painting by Nottier, 'Overturn Here, You Blockhead'-Photo-etching from an original drawing by Frank Merrill, Duchesse du Maine-Etching by Mercier, "Everybody Must Live" - Original Etching by Lalauze. Volume 6. Not dated but British Library has it as 1904. 4. Illustr.: Pujol, Mercier, Lalauze. Private Press. Book Condition: Very Good TEG. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Orleans, Duchesse D' - Mother of the Regent : Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including rare books, used books, libri antichi, libri rari and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |