Oscar Havard - Les Femmes Illustres de la France

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1896 . Cloth. The fourth edition of Oscar Havard's beautifully illustrated biographical study of notable women hailing from France. In the original French.The fourth edition of this work.The work of French journalist Oscar Havard, a prominent Catholic man of letters in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.First published in 1884, Havard offers accounts of the lives of thirty-six individuals including Marie-Antoinette, Blanche de Castille, Madame de Sevigne, Madame de Stael, and 'les femmes de la revolution&apos.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with numerous full page and vignette illustrations throughout. In a pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with a touch of fading to back strip. Boards vibrant. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright, but with instances of significant spotting, foxing and handling marks throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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