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Brilhac, Jean-Baptiste de (?-1688-? Agnes De Castro, Nouvelle Portugaise Par Mil. ******. A Amsterdam, Chez Pierre Savouret, dans le Kalver-Straat. MDCLXXXVIII (1688). [new blank], A1-A12...D1-D12; E1-E5, 106 pages. [New Blank]. 12mo Modern quarter calf with paper boards. Some spotting and toning but in good condition. Very little information on the author who took a historical event and created a French nouvelle classic that has repeated itself in plays and several editions with the most popular in 1710 also in French. Originally author was assumed to be a woman but later identified as a man, whose life history is apparently missing. OCLC Number: 21473888.Agnes de Castro, nouvelle Portuguese. Par Mlle. ******. 'Mlle ******' has been identified as Jean Baptiste de Brilhac. Originally published in French in 1688. "The Fatal Beauty of Agnes de Castro; Taken Out of the History of Portugal and the beautiful Inés de Castro (1320?- 1355).
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