Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier, petite-fille d'Henri IV, Contenant ce qu'elle a vu et ce qui lui est arrivé pendant les dernières années de la vie de Louis XIII, la minorité et le règne de Louis XIV.
Paris: Lerouge & Petit, 1806. 4 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. An exceptionally pretty half morocco set from the beginning of the 19th century with gilt bands, finely tooled panels and label. Portrait. A most attractive set, in the original French. From the library of Charles William Vane (formerly Stewart), third Marquess of Londonderry. Vane served with distinction throughout the Peninsula War. His dashing and dandified portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence is at the National Portrait Gallery. He amassed magnificent libraries in his various Country Houses.
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