Favrolle (5 results)

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. in-8 rel. 1/2 chag. rouge (12,5 x 19,5), XV-262 p., non daté (c. 1910), coll. "Nouvelle collection des mémoires historiques", introduction et notes de Maurice Vitrac et Arnould Galopin, illustré d'après les estampes du temps, bonne reliure avec dos à 4 faux-nerfs orné de fleuron, bon état. Deux parties : 1. "Anecdotes sur Mme la comtesse du Barry - 2. De l'exil à l'échafaud : "Cette dernière partie est empruntée aux "Mémoires historiques de Jeanne Gomart de Vaubernier, comtesse du Barry, rédigés sur des pièces authentiques par M. de Favrolle".

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good. 1st Edition. Book 1; Half Title + Frontispiece illustration + Title Page + I + 200 pages + Half Title + Title Page + 227 pages. Book 2; Half Title + Title Page + I + 234 pages + 280 pages. Condition Original hardback binding good, rubbed, edge tear, hand written titles to both spines. Contents mostly Very Good, clean & tight. Inside both books is name the an owner , looks like 'Ce Livre, Aparlien a Boucher', edge loss to a couple pages, edge tears to few pages not affecting text, Vol 4, Pages 43-46 look as if they were never bound in this copy, signs of some pages with corner folding. By the prolific novelist Élisabeth Guénard, writing this time under the pseudonym Monsieur de Favrolle. Elisabeth Guénard, known as Brossin de Méré , born Paris 1751-1829 , author of numerous novels. She has published more than three hundred works under her birth name or various pseudonyms. Jeanne, Comtesse Dubarry/ Du Barry, quickly became a sensation in Paris, building up a large aristocratic clientele. She had many customers, including government ministers and royal courtiers, the most prominent being Maréchal de Richelieu. Though the Duc de Choiseul found her rather ordinary, in 1768 he took her to Versailles, where King Louis XV caught sight of her. Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry 1743 - 1793 was the last maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. In remarkably good condition, Very Rare, only found one other copy for sale in poor condition.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Paris . Locard & Davi libraires . 1829 . Tomes I et IV ( sur 4 ) . Deux volumes in-12 , reliures toile modeste , de 273 p & 318 pages . Manque de toile aux dos , petits cachets époque de libraire , défraichi . Incomplet mais texte le plus rare de FAYOLLE .

2 Bl., 227 S. Hldr. d. Zt. m. Rverg. u. Rsch. Einbd. leicht berieben u. bestoßen. Gebräunt u. braunfl. Mehr. St. verso Tit. Sprache: Französisch.

2 Bl., 234 S. Hldr. d. Zt. m. Rverg. u. Rsch. Einbd. leicht berieben u. bestoßen. Gebräunt u. braunfl. Mehr. St. verso Tit. Sprache: Französisch.