Secret memoirs of the court of Louis XIV. and of the Regency. / Extracted from the German correspondence of the Duchess of Orleans, mother of the regent. Preceded by a notice on this princess, and accompanied with notes.
Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'Orléans (1652-1722).
Category
Books
Date
1824
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3225168
Summary
Bibliographic description
viii, 472 p. [1] leaf of plates : ill. front. port. ; 8vo. Pencil note on front free endpaper: Scarce. Pencil scribbles on pp. 34-5. Provenance: MS. on flyleaf: Courtauld Thomson [i.e. Lord Courtauld-Thomson (1865-1954)]; Black ink stamp: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Nineteenth-century half polished sheep and marbled papers over boards on three recessed cords, spine gilt and blind in 6 compartments, black spine label, remains of brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d'Orléans (1652-1722).