MONTPENSIER, Anne-Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of—*La Galerie d - Lot 88

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MONTPENSIER, Anne-Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of—*La Galerie d - Lot 88
MONTPENSIER, Anne-Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of—*La Galerie des peintures*, or a collection of portraits and eulogies in verse and prose. Containing portraits of the King, the Queen, the Princes, Princesses, Duchesses, Marquises, Countesses, and other most illustrious lords and ladies of France; most of them composed by the subjects themselves. Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1663. 2 vols. in-12, fold-out frontispiece by Chauveau, (18) ff., 336 pp.; (4) ff., pp. 337–779, paper slightly yellowed, a few water stains and foxing, a few margins with missing material not affecting the text, brown calf from the publisher, ribbed spine with decoration somewhat faded LACHÈVRE III, 7. TCH IV, 939. Fourth expanded edition of the *Recueil des Portraits* (1659), with a few additional names, including the portrait of Mazarin by Mme de Brégy. There are 105 portraits in total. In addition to the Duchess of Montpensier, the following contributed to this collection: La Rochefoucauld, Mme de La Suze, Mme de La Fayette, Mme de Sévigné, Mme de Rohan, Segrais, De Lignières, Saint-Evremond, etc.
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