Author: Alexandre Dumas
Title: Le Collier de la Reine
Description: Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1896. Leather. An attractive three volume set of Dumas's historical novel, loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace. A three-volume set in half morocco bindings with gilt detailing to the spines, ribbon markers, and marbled boards and end papers. Top edges gilt. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front blank of both volumes. One of Dumas's Marie Antoinette romances, this work was first published in serialised form in La Presse. The events of the novel are loosely based on the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, an incident during the years 1784 and 1785 which involved Marie Antoinette in fraud and scandal. Written in the original French. Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In half morocco bindings. Externally smart, with fading to the spines and minor shelf wear to the boards. Light rubbing to the head of the spine to Vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned but clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Historical fiction Dumas The Queen's Necklace French literature Dumas Not Stated


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