Sales catalogue 581: Maggs Bros

Date:
1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/125
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 581: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Court MeEmMoirs—continued. [572] COURT MEMOIRS. Portraits. 15 vols., 8vo. Original cloth. London, Nichols and Co., v.y. 49 9s Edition limited to 500 copies. Comprising :— CAMPAN (Madame). MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF MARIE ANTOINETTE. 2 vols. 1895. BROWN (John). ORIGINAL MEMOIRS OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF SWEDEN AND DENMARK, from 1766 to 1818. 2 vols. 1895. SWINBURNE (Henry). THE COURTS OF EUROPE AT THE CLOSE OF THE LAST CENTURY. 2 vols. 1895. VEHSE (Dr. E.). MEMOIRS OF THE COURT AND ARISTOCRACY OF AUSTRIA. Translated from the German by Franz Demmler. 2 vols. 1896. MIRABEAU (Count). THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT OF BERLIN. 2 vols. 1895. DU HAUSSET (Madame). THE PRIVATE MEMOIRS OF LOUIS XV. 1895. THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT AND CABINET OF ST CLOUD. In a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London. Written during the months of August, September, and October, 1805. 2 vols. 1895. MEMOIRS OF MADAME LA MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN. Now first translated into English. 2 vols. 1895. [573] DU BARRY (Madame). DOUGLAS (Robert B.). THe Lire anp Times OF MapameE pu Barry. Portrait. 8vo. Original cloth, uncut. London, 18696. 12s 6d [574] ELLIOT (Frances). Oxp Courr Lire 1n France. With 31 portraits and other illustrations, 2 vols. post 8vo. Original cloth, uncut. London, 1893. 41 10s Extra ILLUsTRATED. [575] FRANCIS I. PARDOE (Miss). THe Court anp Rercn oF Francis I. THE Kino oF France. With portraits. 2 vols., inlaid throughout and extended to 4 volumes by the insertion of 170 por- traits. Imperial 8vo. Handsomely bound by Riviere in full red crushed levant morocco extra, gilt backs, t.e. g. London, 1849. £28 This copy was Extra Illustrated by John D. Fry and contains specially printed title-pages. Many of the extra portraits are in proof state, some coloured and scarce, including: Francis I. Catherine de Medici. Francis II. Margaret de Valois. Charles VII. Diane de Poitiers. Charles VIII. Duchesse d’Estampes. Henri II. Agnes Sorel. Louis XII. Bayard. Charles V. Luther. Ferdinand V. Brétagne. Maximilian I. Rabelais. And numerous other celebrated persons illustrative of the Life and Times of Francis I.
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