LA ROCHE-GUILHEN, Anne de] - *History of the Favorites*, con - Lot 68

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LA ROCHE-GUILHEN, Anne de] - *History of the Favorites*, con - Lot 68
LA ROCHE-GUILHEN, Anne de] - *History of the Favorites*, containing the most remarkable events that occurred during several reigns, by Mademoiselle D***. Printed in Constantinople (Amsterdam, 1699). 2 parts in 1 vol., in-12, frontispiece, (2) folios, 206 pp.; (2) folios, 229 (1) pp., 10 ill. (out of text), paper slightly yellowed, fawn marbled calf from the publisher, coat of arms in the center of the covers, decorated ribbed spine, upper cap leveled, binding cracks. GAY II, 542. LEVER 201. Contains ten short stories, each preceded by a frontispiece. Bearing the coat of arms of the Duchess of Boufflers (1707–1787), appointed lady-in-waiting to the Queen on February 15, 1734. Born the Duchess of Neufville de Villeroy, she had married the Duke of Boufflers in her first marriage, whom she lost in 1747. It was she who welcomed Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Montmorency, having remarried the Marshal of Luxembourg (OHR 2100). Included: LA ROCHE-GUILHEN, Anne de]—Almanzaïde. Short story. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1674. In-12, (1) fol., 226 pp., brown grained calfskin, spine with raised bands, lower cap leveled. LEVER 34. First edition.
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