Author: FERVAL, CLAUDE.
Title: The Martyr of Love. The Life of Louise de la Valliere. (Translated from the French by Sidney Dark).
Description: London: Stanley Paul & Co, 1914. 1st edition. With an introduction by Jean Richepin. Biography of the former mistress of Louis XIV, who, deserted by the King turned to the love of God and became a Carmelite nun. Pp.344//8 (publisher's ads), engraved portrait frontispiece + 16 further black & white plates, occasional light foxing. Dark red bevelled boards, gilt title to spine, wear to top and tail of spine. Good.

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