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MALÉZIEU, Nicolas de - GENEST, Charles-Claude et CHAULIEU - …
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290
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MALÉZIEU, Nicolas de - GENEST, Charles-Claude et CHAULIEU - …
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
MALÉZIEU, Nicolas de - GENEST, Charles-Claude et CHAULIEU - Les Divertissemens de Seaux . Trevoux, et se vendent à Paris chez Etienne Ganeau, 1712. In-12, (8) ff, 476 pp, contemporary granulated brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated.
First edition. This volume is an echo of the festivities organised by Nicolas de Malézieux, former tutor to the Duc du Maine at the Château de Sceaux or at his home in the Château de Châtenay. It consists mainly of poems and songs dedicated to the Duchess du Maine and reports of the festivities held at Châtenay. Since 1700, the Duchess had developed a brilliant court at Sceaux, frequented by Fontenelle, Montesquieu, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau and Voltaire.
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