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PRECHAC, Jean de] - L'Héroïne mousquetaire.
See original version (French)
425
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PRECHAC, Jean de] - L'Héroïne mousquetaire.
See original version (French)
Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
PRECHAC, Jean de] - L'Héroïne mousquetaire. Histoire véritable. Lyon, Hilaire Baritel, 1699. 2 parts in one vol. in-12, (4) ff, 131 (1) pp; 129 (1) pp, fawn calf, triple gilt thread on covers, ornamented spine, int. dent. gilt (PETIT successor of SIMIER).
LEVER 182 (1677). A novel which has seen numerous editions since 1677-1678. Biography of a lady from Béarn who travels the world dressed as a man and whose fortune stubbornly separates her from a Spanish gentleman, her lover. Under her disguise and the pseudonym of Saint-Aubin, Christine serves valiantly in the French army. She campaigned in Flanders as aide-de-camp to the Marshal of Luxembourg and died in battle after learning of the marriage to the Marquis d'Osseyra.
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