BOOK, in Paris with J. Techener, Bookseller rue de l' arbre - Lot 876

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BOOK, in Paris with J. Techener, Bookseller rue de l' arbre - Lot 876
BOOK, in Paris with J. Techener, Bookseller rue de l' arbre Sec, 52 editions 1860. - 18.7 x 12 cm. SOUVENIRS de MADAME DE CAYLUS, new edition with introduction and notes by Charles Asselineau - 269 pages. Full-page out-of-text portrait, full-page out-of-text engravings as illustrations. Beautiful marbled paper and green leather binding, boxed spine, Gilt lettering. Marie Margueritte Le Valois de Vilette de Mursay, comtesse de Calus, born in ECHIRE on April 17, 1671 and died in Paris on April 15, 1729. A French woman of letters and memoirist, niece of Madame de Maintenon, she made a name for herself at the court of Louis XIV with her graciousness and cheerful spirit. - An interesting memoir of her time - which brings to life life in Versailles - and of the life of Madame de Maintenon. Voltaire, who edited it, said "everything Mme de Caylus relates is true"...
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