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The art of pleasing in Conversation: In French and English. Written by the famous Cardinal Richelieu
by [VAUMORIÃRE, Pierre d'Ortigue de]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by J. Darby, for A Bettesworth...and F. Clay, 1722. [4], 35 [i.e. 355]pp, [1]. Parallel French and English text. Contemporary gilt-ruled speckled calf. Heavily rubbed, upper joint split, loss to head and foot of spine. Hinges exposed, scattered foxing. An early eighteenth-century edition a parallel-text French and English edition of a popular manual on conversation, first published in English in English in 1691, written, despite the spurious claims of the subheading, by Pierre d'Ortigue de Vaumorière (1610-1693). Five editions appeared prior to 1750, the majority attributing the text to Richelieu. ESTC T132009.. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ24187
- Title
- The art of pleasing in Conversation: In French and English. Written by the famous Cardinal Richelieu
- Author
- [VAUMORIÈRE, Pierre d'Ortigue de]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Printed by J. Darby, for A Bettesworth...and F. Clay
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1722
- Keywords
- Language
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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