MARIE-AMELIE AU PALAIS-ROYAL.

Octavo, marbled boards backed with black calf & titled in gilt with decorations in gilt between raised bands in blind on the spine; marbled endpapers. There are small areas of rubbing to the covers and the head of the spine is rubbed & chipped. Half-title & 410 pages. There is some light foxing to the half-title & last index page & to the bottom edges of several pages. The top corner of the front endpaper is rubbed & there is a small stain to the book's bottom edge. Despite its flaws, a very good, handsomely bound book. First edition.A title in the series Les Femmes des Tuileries.From the library of Alice Maud Livingston with her signature and the date 1894 on the flyleaf.Arthur Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand [1834-1900] was a nineteenth-century French aristocrat, choreographer and historian of his times. He is best known for his accounts, often imbued with firsthand information, of the French aristocracy.Maria Amelie [1782-1866] became Queen of France when her husband Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans acceded to the French throne following the July Revolution of 1830. This volume deals with events leading up to her reign.The text is in French. First Edition.

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Publisher: Paris: E. Dentu, Editeur, 1892.

Year: 1892.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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