LA JEUNESSE DE LA REINE MARIE-AMELIE (1782-1806).
by Imbert de Saint-Amand, [Arthur Leon]. (1834-1900)
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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Paris: E. Dentu, Editeur, 1891., 1891.. Good. - Octavo, marbled boards backed with black calf & titled in gilt with decorations in gilt between raised bands in blind on the spine; marbled endpapers. The corners of the covers are rubbed & there is light rubbing to the leather. Half-title, title & 288 pages. The fore-edge & bottom edge are lightly foxed. The pages are darkened & there is foxing or staining to the margins of several pages. Despite its flaws, a very good, handsomely bound book. <p>First edition.<p>A title in the series Les Femmes des Tuileries.<p>From the library of Alice Maud Livingston with her signature and the date 1894 on the flyleaf.<p>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.<p>This volume deals with the youth of Marie Amelie [1782-1866] who later became Queen of France when her husband Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orleans acceded to the French throne following the July Revolution of 1830.<p>The text is in French.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36951
- Title
- LA JEUNESSE DE LA REINE MARIE-AMELIE (1782-1806).
- Author
- Imbert de Saint-Amand, [Arthur Leon]. (1834-1900)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: E. Dentu, Editeur, 1891.
- Date Published
- 1891.
- Keywords
- HISTORY; FRENCH ARISTOCRACY; FRENCH QUEENS; LES FEMMES DES TUILERIES;IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND; NINETEENTH CENTURY FRENCH ARISTOCRAT; HISTORIAN; LA JEUNESSE DE LA REINE MARIE-AMELIE; MARIE-CAROLINE,ARCHIDUCHESSE D'AUTRICHE; BINDING; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Foxed
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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