Madame de Montespan
London: Harper & Brothers, 1903. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 483, (1) pp. 16 color photogravures with titled tissue guards (including frontispiece). Index. Red leather with gilt lettering to spine; AEG; marbled endpapers. A near very good copy (ligh shelf wear; light rubbing to spine & joints; dark staining to lower front board & spine). Item #14816
"...Madame de Montespan was something more than the mistress of le Grand Monarque...In her we find almost all the best and the worst characteristics of the great epoch in French history...In studying her life we are studying not her alone, but the whole society of which she was the representative." - Preface. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.
Price: $150.00