Lot of 11 biographies of women 1/ Lasteyrie,... - Lot 73 - Crait + Müller

  2. Result
  3. Lot of 11 biographies of women 1/ Lasteyrie,... - Lot 73 - Crait + Müller
  4. Lot n° 73 
Lot n° 73
Go to lot
Estimation :
120 - 180 EUR
Result without fees
Result : 180EUR
Lot of 11 biographies of women 1/ Lasteyrie,... - Lot 73 - Crait + Müller
Lot of 11 biographies of women 1/ Lasteyrie, Mme de. - Life of Madame de La Fayette, preceded by a notice on the life of her mother Madame la duchesse d'Ayen, 1737-1807. Paris, Techener, 1868. In-12, red half-maroquin with corners, spine decorated with cold boxes, library label on the front cover, some fading - [2 ff.], III, 484 pp. Two victims of the Revolution: the Duchess of Ayen died on the scaffold in 1794, the Marquise de La Fayette was imprisoned in Paris as an aristocrat and in Austria as the wife of the Marquis. 2/ [Callet, Pierre-Auguste]. Anne-Paule-Dominique de Noailles marquise de Montagu. New edition. Paris, Plon, 1889. In-8, green half calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, speckled edges, library label on the front cover, scattered foxing - [2 ff.], III, 366 pp, [1 f.], portrait. Biography of the sister of the Marquise de La Fayette established according to memories and family documents. 3/ Forneron, H.- Louise de Keroualle duchess of Portsmouth 1649-1734. Paris, Plon, 1886. In-12, red half-maroquin with smooth spine, foxing - [2 ff.], 278 pp, [1 f.], portrait, facsimile. A Bretonne at the court of Charles II or gallantry in the service of Louis XIV's politics. 4/ Loménie, Louis de. - The Countess of Rochefort and her friends. Etudes sur les mœurs en France au XVIIIe siècle, avec des documents inédits. Paris, Michel Lévy, 1870. In-8, green half-chagrin, spine decorated with gilded fillets, spotted edges, boards rubbed, freckles - [2 ff.], III, 370 pp., [1 f.]. 5/ [Herpin, Luce]. Perey, Lucien. - History of a great lady in the 18th century. The Princess Hélène de Ligne - The Countess Potocka. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1888. 2 volumes in-8, red half-maroquin with corners, spines decorated with cold boxes, library label on the back covers. [2 ff.], XII, 488 pp. with frontispiece portrait; [2 ff.], IV, 499 pp. Two volumes often sold separately, although they are indeed the biography of one and the same person, the spiritual Hélène Massalka (1763-1815), who was in turn Princess of Line and Countess Potocka. 6/ Schlesinger, M. H. - The Duchess of Polignac and her time. Paris, Auguste Ghio, 1889. Small in-8, red half-maroquin with smooth spine, brown spots - [2 ff.], 194 pp. illustrations - Uncommon biography of Marie-Antoinette's favorite. 7/ Perey, Lucien and Maugras, Gaston. - A woman of the world in the 18th century. The youth of Madame d'Epinay - The last years of Madame d'Epinay. Her salon and her friends. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1882-1883. 2 volumes in-8, brown half-chagrin, spine, decorated with gilded flowers, white marks on the boards, foxing and spotting - [2 ff.], XXXII, 544 pp., portrait in frontispiece; [2 ff.], XI, 607 pp. An important personality of the French Enlightenment: protector of Rousseau, friend of Diderot and Grimm, collaborator of the Correspondance littéraire, pedagogue and woman of letters. 8/ Lavallée, Théophile. - Madame de Maintenon et La Maison royale de Saint-Cyr (1686-1793). Second revised and enlarged edition. Paris, Plon, 1862. In-8, green half calf, spine faded and decorated with gilt fillets, spotted edges, some foxing - [2 ff.], VI, 480 pp. with portrait and two plates h-t, a folding map, 3 folding facsimiles. The first important study on Saint-Cyr. 9/ Geffroy, A. - Madame de Maintenon according to her authentic correspondence. Choice of letters and interviews. Paris, Hachette, 1887. 2 volumes in 12, half-calendar, covers preserved - [2 ff.], LXXXI, 349 pp., [1 f.] ; [2 ff.], 414 pp., [1 f.]. 10/ Barine, Arvède. - Louis XIV et la Grande Mademoiselle (1652-1693). Paris, Hachette, 1905. In-12, green half-paperback, covers preserved - VIII, 392 pp., portrait. 11/ Nauroy, Charles. - The Duchess of Berry. Paris, Bouillon et Vieweg, 1889. In-12, eggplant half calf, smooth spine decorated with gilded fillets - [2 ff.], 439 pp. A very well documented biography with numerous documents reproduced. Little
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue