ARNAUD, CLAUDE

Chamfort - a Biography

Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0226026973). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xxxiii + 340 pages. 6 illustrations. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Foreword by Joseph Epstein. Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1740-1794) whom Nietzsche called 'the wittiest of all moralists', is now known for little more than brilliant aphorisms that captivated a long line of thinkers, from Stendhal to Cioranm Schopenhauer to Camus. In this captivating biography, Chamfort the libertine, playwright, journalist, and revolutionary stands revealed as the most telling emblem of his times. B2D. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008369

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort, Rousseau, Voltairemirabeau, Talleyrand, French Revolution, Bastille 0226026973

AUBRY, OCTAVE

Eugenie - Empress of the French

London, Cobden-Sanderson. 1939, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have fading to spine and to boards. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Translated by F. M. Atkinson. 349 pages. Portrait of the Empress to frontispiece and 8 other portraits. A1B. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000134

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: French Nobility

AUBRY, OCTAVE

Eugenie Empress of the French

London, Cobden-Sanderson. 1939, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have marks to spine and to boards. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers, dark marks ro lower edge else clean, tight and unmarked. Translated by F. M. Atkinson. 349 pages. Portrait of the Empress to frontispiece and 8 other portraits. A1B. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000135

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: French Nobility

BERNIER, OLIVIER

Lafayette - Hero of Two Worlds

New York, E.P. Dutton. 1983, First Edition. (ISBN: 0525241817). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xvii + 356 pages. 30 illustrations. First edition, first printing. This witty biography, much of which is based on previously unaccessible materials, is the first life of the Marquis de Lafayette that gives equal treatment to his American and French experiences. In the war for American Independence, the 21 year old was a stubborn, tenacious, and ultimately victorious commander, the favourite of George Washington. Returning to Paris, he was soon caught up in the 1789 Revolution, first as its champion, then as guardian of the King, finally as the only man capable of maintaining order in Paris in 1790 and 1791. Once the King fled the capital, however, Lafayette's position became untenable and he was forced to escape to Belgium, but there the right wing emigres considered him a traitor, and he was transported to Austria, where he languished in prison for years. Washington and others secured his release and return to France, but with Napoleon fearing him as a rival, he went into self-imposed exile. NOT EX LIB 22. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007918

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Marquis de Lafayette, American Revolution, French Revolution, French Statesmen, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte 0525241817

BEVAN, BRYAN

The Duchess Hortense - Cardinal Mazarin's Wanton Niece

London, The Rubicon Press. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0948695072). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A new, vivid portrait of the celebrated Hortense Mancini, born in Italy, one of the most beautiful and fascinating personalities of the later 17th century. She was the favourite niece of Louis XIV's great minister, Cardinal Giulio Mazarin, and as a child the confidant of her sister Marie during her tragic affair with the young King of France. 16 illustrations. D4C. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 007057

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Cardinal Giulio Mazarin, Hortense Mancini, Marie Mancini, Louis XIV, Armand de la Porte Duc Mazarin, Charles II, Louise de Keroualle, Seigneur de St. Evremond 0948695072

BRADBY, G. F.

The Great Days of Versailles - Studies from Court Life in the Later Years of Louis XIV

London, Smith , Elder. 1906, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Photogravure portrait of Louis XIV to frontispiece tissue protected and 2 other portraits. Gilt titles to front and spine on salmon pink cloth boards. Slight nick of quarter inch to spine with a touch of light wear to spine head and tail and some fading. Internally there is some foxing to endpapers and frontispiece edges and closed edges else clean and unmarked. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.84 KILO WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST A1B. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000024

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Louis XV, Versailles, Marie Adelaide Duchess de Bourgogne

COHEN, EDGAR H.

Mademoiselle Libertine - a Portrait of Ninon de Lanclos

London, Cassell. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304937304). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has wear to edges and is price clipped. xx + 329 pages. More usually spelt Lenclos. Among her lovers were the Great Conde and the Duc de Larochefoucauld. A1E. Near Fine/Good.

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Book number: 000054

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: French Courtesans, Ninon de Lenclos, Duc de Larochefoucauld, Great Conde, French Salons, Moliere, la Fontaine, Racine, Boileau, Richelieu 0304937304

COOPER, DUFF

Talleyrand

Stockholm, Ljus Förlag. 1946. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A little fading to front and a few minor marks to lower edge else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. A Very Good + well kept copy considering its age. 399 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince de Bénévente, known since the turn of the 19th century simply by the name Talleyrand, was the most skilled French diplomat of his time. He worked under the regime of Louis XVI, through the French Revolution and then under Napoleon I, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe. 50. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008428

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince de Bénévente, French Revolution, Mirabeau, First Estate, Declaration of the Rights of Man, Napoleon, French Empire, Restoration, French History

CRONIN, VINCENT

Four Women in Pursuit of an Ideal

London, Collins. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title on red cloth boards which are clean and unmarked. Internally clean and unmarked. 287 pages. Portrait of Caroline De Berry to frontispiece and 20 other illustrations. Covers Caroline De Berry, Marie D'Agoult, Eve Hanska and Marie Baskirtseff. Dust jacket chipped but complete. 14. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 000136

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: French Revolution, Balzac, Liszt

DETHAN, GEORGES

The Young Mazarin

London, Thames and Hudson. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0500870047). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy which has a little light foxing to top edge. Translated from the French by Stanley Baron. 199 pages and 43 illustrations. The book is based on unpublished documents in France and Italy and not only provides new information on the formative years of the cardinal-minister but also deepens understanding of manners and mentalités in a specific period of European history. Mazarin's career in France after 1642 is well known, but his years in papal service - which brought him into contact with Richelieu and led to his permanent move to France - were less appreciated. C3A. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007049

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Richelieu, Casale, Spanish French War, Louis XIII 0500870047

FARR, EVELYN

Marie Antoinette and Count Axel Fersen - the Untold Love Story

London, Peter Owen. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0720609607). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with gold title on green boards with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 256 pages. 7 illustrations. The life and tragic death of Marie Antoinette have over the centuries assumed almost mythical proportions. During her lifetime she was the 'Austrian whore', accused of every imaginable sexual and political crime, and in the 19th century the guilt-ridden French tried to atone for their wrongs by reinventing her as a saint, pure and unsullied. Her love for her Swedish paramount, the chivalrous Count Axel Fersen, was glossed over or suppressed. In this book Evelyn Farr peels back layers of misinformation which have continued to obscure the fateful story of the Queen's great love affair. L. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 008571

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Count Axel Fersen, Marie Antoinette, French Revolution 0720609607

FRASER, ANTONIA

Love and Louis XIV - the Women in the Life of the Sun King

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2006, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297829971). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. xxviii + 388 pages. 64 illustrations. Genealogical charts to endpapers. Antonia Fraser explores the rich dynamic that existed between Louis XIV and the many fascinating women who ornamented his personal life. This includes not only Louis's mistresses, principally Louise de La Valliere and Athenais de Montespan as well as the puritanical Madame de Maintenon, but also the wider story of his relationships with women in general: his mother Anne of Austria, his sisters-in-law who were Duchesses of d'Orleans in succession, Henriette-Ann and Liselotte, his wayward illegitimate daughters, and lastly Adelaide, the beloved child-wife of his grandson. A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.88 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST L. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010441

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Louis XIV, Louise de la Valliere, Athenais de Montespan, Anne of Austria, Duchesses of D'Orleans, Bossuet, Colbert, Duc de Berry, Carlos II, Francoise D'Aubigne, Marie Mancini, Victor Amadeus 0297829971

HAY, MALCOLM

Prince in Captivity

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode and the Book Society. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy. Coloured portrait of the Prince to frontispiece. Dustjacket is G+ and is price clipped. Based on the memoirs and unpublished letters of Antoinne Philippe D'Orleans Duc De Montpensier, 1775 - 1807. A unique memoir written whilst the Prince was imprisoned under the Terror at the Fort St. Jean at Marseilles and never before translated into English. The second son of 'Philippe Egalite' he was the Duke of Orleans and brother of Louis Philippe, who in 1830 became King of the French. A1D. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000043

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Philippe D'Orleans Duc de Montpensier, Philippe Egalite

HENDERSON, HELEN W.

Dianne de Poytiers

London, Methuen. 1928, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title to spine and blind embossed title to front on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with some bumping to corners. Internally there is a small set of initials to front endpaper, bookseller's labels to front pastedown and foxing to endpapers else clean and unmarked. 24 illustrations, 234 pages and publisher's catalogue. Overall A Very Good copy. A detailed biography of one of France's legendary queens. C3C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000254

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: Francois , Henri II, Louis de Breze, Jarnac Affair, Duchesse de Valentinois, Suzanne de Bourbob, Anne de Pisseleu, Catherine de Medicis

KINDERSLEY, EDWARD COCKBURN

The Chevalier Bayard (Pierre Du Terrail)

New York, Dodd, Mead. 1884, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full title - The Very Joyous, Pleasant and Refreshing History of the Feats, Exploits, Triumphs and Achievements of the Good Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach the Gentle Lord De Bayard. Based on the original memoirs of Bayard by his secretary under the modest designation of "le loyal serviteur" who, although not mentioned, was probably J. De Mailles. The memoirs first appeared in 1527, three years after the hero's death. Profusely illustrated with a cover impressed with a design of the knight in red, gold and blue with decorated spine on grey cloth boards. Slight wear to spine head, tail and sides and to corner tips with some light scratches to back. Internally there is a small neat inscription to front endpaper, sporadic light marks to some pages but overall clean and tight. 260 pages The Fairly SCARCE Dodd Meads edition A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.5 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING 15. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000128

Catalogue: Biography - French Royalty and Nobility

Keywords: French Nobility, Bayard, Pierre Du Terrail, French History, French Memoirs, Medieval Knights, Chivalry