1904 Secret Memoirs of the Court

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Limited Edition

Complete in twenty volumes.

An edition de luxe, limited to one thousand copies.

A selection of salacious memoirs written in various European courts, documenting turbulent times in European history, such as the French Revolution.

'Memoirs of Marguerite de Valois Queen of Navarre', written by herself, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of Henri IV, King of France and Navarre', by the Court Historian of Louis XIV, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Containing all the Great Events During the Minority of Louis XIV and the Administration of Cardinal Mazarin', complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. Collated, complete. 

'Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV and of the Regency', by the Duchesse d'Orleans, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan', written by herself, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

'Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI', from the memoirs of Madame du Hausset, and from the journal of Princess Lamballe, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France', with sketches and anecdotes of her private life by Madame Campan, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete. 

'Secret Memoirs of the Court of the Empress Josephine', by Madame Ducrest, complete in three volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. Collated, complete.

'Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. Collated, complete.

'Secret Memoirs of the Court of Berlin or the Character of the King of Prussia, His Ministers, Mistresses, generals, Courtiers, Favourites, and the Royal Family of Prussia', written by Count Mirabeau, complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and six plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark During the Reigns of Christian VII of Denmark and Gustavus III and IV of Sweden', complete in two volumes. Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and four plates. Collated, complete.

'Memoirs of Catherine II and the Court of St. Petersburg During Her Reign and that of Paul I', written by one of her courtiers, complete in one volume. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates. Collated, complete.

Undated, dated from Jisc.

Bookplate to the front pastedowns, 'Westwick House, in the County of Wiltshire'.