MONTPENSIER (Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de) - Lot 70

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MONTPENSIER (Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de) - Lot 70
MONTPENSIER (Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de) Memoirs. Maestricht, J. Edme Dufour & Phil. Roux, 1776. 8 volumes in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, coat of arms in the center, ornate spine, green title and gilt edges (Binding of the period). A precious testimony for the history of the Fronde and the life at court during the time of Louis XIV, the Memoirs of the Duchess of Montpensier, daughter of Gaston d'Orléans, called the Grande Mademoiselle (1627-1693), first appeared in 1728. A beautiful and precious copy bearing the coat of arms of Maria Feodorovna (1759-1828), second wife of the tsarevich Paul I and empress of Russia. It bears the storage label of the library of the imperial palace of Pavlovsk in Saint Petersburg. From the library of Bruno Monnier, at the castle of Mantry in the Jura (bookplate). Light marginal spotting affecting a few leaves in volumes I, VI and VII, small paper loss at the lower corner of leaf I1 skilfully restored in volume III, and rare yellowed leaves. First cover of volumes I, II and IV, and some spines slightly faded.
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