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three old books are stacked on top of each other on a white surfacean open book with a picture of the title on it
MILLON RIVIERA

Estimate €100 - €150
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[LITERATURE] BUSSI - RABUTIN Histoire amoureuse des Gaules, by the Count of Bussi Rabutin [Paris, Jean-Augustin Grangé], 1777. 5 volumes, in-12°. Contemporary binding in full marbled fawn calfskin, smooth spines decorated with gilt metal tools, framed by triple gilt fillets on the covers. Volume I: The Story of the Countess of Olonne; The Story of Monsieur and Madame de Chastillon; Continuation of the Story of Madame d’Olonne; The Story of Madame de Sévigny; The Story of Madame de Monglas and de Bussy; Maxims and Precepts of Love, with a letter written to the Duke of Saint-Aignan by the Count de Bussy. Volume II: The Palais-Royal, or The Loves of Madame de La Vallière; The Story of the King’s Feigned Love for Madame; The Princess, or The Loves of Madame; Letters from the Author; The Parrot, or The Loves of Mademoiselle; A Fable. The Eagle, the Sparrow and the Parrot. Volume III: Junonie, or the Love Affairs of Madame de Bagneux; The False Prudes, or the Love Affairs of Madame de Brancas and Other Ladies of the Court; The Rout and Farewell of the Courtesans of the City and Suburbs of Paris […] and the Petition to M.D.L.V.; Petition from the Persecuted Ladies-in-Waiting to M.D.L.V.; The Royal Pastime, or The Love Affairs of Mademoiselle de Fontanges; The Triumph of Love over the Heart of Iris; Gallant France, or Love Stories from the Court. Volume IV: Continuation of *La France galante*, or The Court’s Latest Debauchery: *The Old Lovers*; *The Story of Madame de la Ferté*. Volume V: *France Becomes Italian*, with Further Disorders at Court; Royal Divorce, or Civil War in the Family of the Great Alcandre; The Love Affairs of His Highness the Dauphin with the Countess of Rourre. This series is a reprint of the edition first published in 1754. A charming copy.
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