HISTOIRE DE JEAN DE BOURBON, Prince de Carency. Par l'Auteur des Memoires et Voyage d'Espagne.
by Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine d' (1650/51-1705) [but not here named]
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Hague: Adrian Moetjens, 1692. Hardcover. Good. Woodcut emblematic printer's mark of stork in palmtree with open book held by Athena & winged goddess. . Duodecimo (134x70mm) contemporary leather (rebacked with part of old spine relaid, tips very worn). All edges sprinkled red, ownerships (Chas. Johns Painter Bedford May 24th 1838 & R.H.B. Bolton Trin. Coll. Camb. 1880) on free endpaper, 498pp (inc. almost identical titlepages for 1st and 2nd parts) +[6]pp publisher's book list. French text. First titlepage somewhat browned as are endpapers, a few signs of use and small corner creases, else clean and tight. *Madame d'Aulnoy, famous for her collections of fairy tales, also wrote several pseudo-biographies like this one relating 15th century heroic deeds.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V74807
- Title
- HISTOIRE DE JEAN DE BOURBON, Prince de Carency. Par l'Auteur des Memoires et Voyage d'Espagne.
- Author
- Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine d' (1650/51-1705) [but not here named]
- Illustrator
- Woodcut emblematic printer's mark of stork in palmtree with open book held by Athena & winged goddess.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adrian Moetjens
- Place of Publication
- The Hague
- Date Published
- 1692
- Keywords
- adventure French historical fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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