Author: Moritz Von Kaisenberg; Jessie Haynes (trans.)
Title: The Memoirs of Baroness Cecil de Courtot
Description: New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1900 . Cloth. The first US edition of this collection of memoirs of a French noblewoman during the time of the French Revolution. First US edition of The Memoirs of Baroness Cecil de Courtot in the original publisher's cloth binding. By her great-grandson Moritz Von Kaisenberg, translated from the German by Jessie Haynes. An interesting memoir from around the time of the French Revolution. Cecil de Courtot was lady-in-waiting to the Princess de Lamballe, who was killed during the massacres of the revolution. From the letters of the Baroness to Frau Con Alvensleben, Nee Baroness Loe, and the Diary of the latter.  In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. There was some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Baroness Cecile de Courtot French history Memoirs French Revolution French history None


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