Capefigue

Selected Biographical Works of Jean-Baptiste Capefigue

1858réf. 791J13Paris: Amyot 1858-60. Leather. Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A uniformly bound set of selected biographical works by noted French historian Jean-Baptiste Capefigure. In French. Included in this set are the following works: La Marquise de Pompadour published in 1858. The biography of noted member of the mid eighteenth-century French court Jeanne Antoinette Poisson Marquise de Pompadour. La Comtesse du Barry published in 1858. The biography of the chief royal mistress of Louis XV of France Jeanne Becu Comtesse du Barry. She was one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Mademoiselle de la Valliere et Les Favorites Des Trois Ages de Louise XIV published in 1859. The biography of Louise de La Valliere a mistress of King Louis XIV of France from 1661 to 1667. Agnes Sorel et La Chevalerie published in 1860. The biography of King Charles II's favourite mistress Agnes Sorel known by the sobriquet Dame de Beaute.Jean-Baptiste Capefigue 1801-1872 was a French historian and biographer. Born in Marseille he moved to Paris at age twenty to study journalism. He often wrote biographies of famous women and his well known biographies in addition to the ones in this set include that of Catherine de'Medici Anne of Austria Maria Theresa of Austria Catherine II of Russia Elizabeth I of England and more. Uniformly bound in quarter morocco with paper covered boards. Externally some rubbing to the spines and joints. This has resulted in a small amount of loss to the heads and tails of the spines most notable to 'Agnes Sorel' and 'La Marquise de Pompadour'. Numbered bookplates to the half title pages of each volume. Internally hinges slightly strained but firm. All volumes firmly bound. Scattered spots to the first few pages of each volume and the odd spot and handling mark throughout otherwise pages are generally bright and clean. Good Amyot hardcover

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