More Lives of Amorous Ladies
Abbe de Brantome [Pierre de Bourdeille (c1540-1615)]
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 6, 2002
About this Item
4mm chip to lower corner of front cover near spine. Some creasing to covers. Ink price on front cover. No signatures. Moderate foxing.; This volume follows on from "Lives of Amorous Ladies", being the second of two volumes of a translation of the Abbe de Brantome's "Lives of Amorous Ladies". 192 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 181 x 108mm. "A brilliant new unexpurgated translation of the famous delightfully bawdy account of 16th Century licentiousness" - from front cover. ". . . it is a collection of highly scandalous, usually improper and always piquant episodes in the love-lives of the great and lovely ladies of the French court and nobility, and their ardent lovers." - from rear cover. With a 2 page Introduction by R. A. Rudorff. "The essays contained in this volume bring this new translation of the Abbe de Brantome's 'Lives of Amorous Ladies' to an end and complete one of the most unique and entertaining pictures we have been left of life and manners in a France that was half-way between the end of the Middle Ages and modern times." - from the Introduction, page 5. Seller Inventory # 26402
Bibliographic Details
Title: More Lives of Amorous Ladies
Publisher: Tandem Book (1966), London
Publication Date: 1966
Binding: Softcover
Condition: Very Good-
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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