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Title: Secret Court Memoirs
Description: London, The Grolier Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from the edition de luxe of this set of memoirs written from various European courts through the past few hundred years. Seven volumes of a twenty volume set. Being volumes seven, eight, eleven, twelve, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty only. Edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies. A selection of salacious memoirs written in various European courts, documenting turbulent times in European history, such as the French Revolution. This set contains: 'Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI', from the memoirs of Madame du Hausset, and from the journal of Princess Lamballe, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. 'Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. 'Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark During the Reigns of Christian VII of Denmark and Gustavus III and IV of Sweden', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. 'Memoirs of Catherine II and the Court of St. Petersburg During Her Reign and that of Paul I', written by one of her courtiers, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated complete. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with minor loss to the spine label of volume eleven. The odd mark to the boards, predominantly to the extremities. Light spotting to the spine labels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Secret Court Memoirs Court None
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Title: Secret Court Memoirs
Description: London, The Grolier Society, c1900. Cloth. A smart collection of seven volumes from the edition de luxe of this set of memoirs written from various European courts through the past few hundred years. Seven volumes of a twenty volume set. Being volumes seven, eight, eleven, twelve, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty only. Edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies. A selection of salacious memoirs written in various European courts, documenting turbulent times in European history, such as the French Revolution. This set contains: 'Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI', from the memoirs of Madame du Hausset, and from the journal of Princess Lamballe, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. 'Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. 'Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark During the Reigns of Christian VII of Denmark and Gustavus III and IV of Sweden', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. 'Memoirs of Catherine II and the Court of St. Petersburg During Her Reign and that of Paul I', written by one of her courtiers, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated complete. In the original full green cloth binding. Externally, smart with rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with minor loss to the spine label of volume eleven. The odd mark to the boards, predominantly to the extremities. Light spotting to the spine labels. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Secret Court Memoirs Court None
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 954T28
- Book number: 954T28
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