The history of female favourites. Of Mary de Padilla, under Peter the Cruel, King of Castile; Livia, under the Emperor Augustus; Julia Farnesa, under Pope Alexander the Sixth; Agnes Soreau, under Charles Vii. King of France; and Nantilda, under Dagobert, King of France.
by La Roche-Guihen, Anne de
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About This Item
London: printed for C. Parker, the Upper End of New Bond-Street, 1772. . Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. [iv], 324pp. First English edition. Recent goatskin, with raised bands, ruled and decorated in gilt. Scarlet title label. ESTC T60642. Stained, highly visible in the first few leaves and then receding to the fore-edge at the top, intermittently persistent throughout the book (for the most part slight).
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- Sam Gatteno Books
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- The history of female favourites. Of Mary de Padilla, under Peter the Cruel, King of Castile; Livia, under the Emperor Augustus; Julia Farnesa, under Pope Alexander the Sixth; Agnes Soreau, under Charles Vii. King of France; and Nantilda, under Dagobert, King of France.
- Author
- La Roche-Guihen, Anne de
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 1
- Publisher
- London: printed for C. Parker, the Upper End of New Bond-Street, 1772.
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- Goatskin
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