Author: The Duchesse d'Orleans
Title: Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency
Description: London, Printed for the Grolier Society , [1904]. Leather. De Luxe limited edition of these secret memoirs of the court and regency of Louis XIV in a charming half morocco binding. Edition De Luxe limited to one-thousand copies, out of series. Secret memoirs of the court of Louis XIV and the regency compiled from the extensive correspondence of his mother the Duchesse d'Orleans with her relations and friends in different parts of Europe. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five full page plates. Collated, complete. From the library of Robert Edward Gardiner featuring his bookplate to front pastedown, and Egerton Parker's bookplate to front free endpaper. In half straight up grain morocco binding over cloth covered boards with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, back strip faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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