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HDVB - Me Maudieu

Estimate €5 - €20
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Description
HISTORY: - Edmond and Jules de GONCOURT. ‘The Mistresses of Louis XV’. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1860. 2 volumes, half-bound, spines with decorated raised bands, gilt titles, all edges marbled, a small tear at the top of the spine of volume 2. Main mistresses featured (between 1730 and 1775): The NESLE sisters, Madame de POMPADOUR, Madame du BARRY. Numerous appendices. 22 x 14 cm, 321 and 304 pages. First edition. Also included: RICHELIEU. ‘Memoirs of the Marshal, Duke of Richelieu, on the city, the court and the salons under Louis XV’. Paris, Barba, undated (c. 1850). Numerous illustrations by Janet-Lange and V. Foulquier. Popular edition in two columns, full binding, plain cardboard cover. 320 pages, approx. 31 x 22 cm.
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Auction time 12/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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