The Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure Written by Himself Now for the First Time Completely Translated into English in Four Volumes
by de Roquelaure, Gaston Jean Baptiste [1617-1683]
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About This Item
N.P.: Privately Printed, 1896. Limited edition. Hardcover. The autobiographical memoir of Gaston Jean Baptiste de Roquelaure, a courtier, soldier, gambler who shared details of Court life during Louis XIV's reign.
4 vols, 8vo, vellum, gilt titles and decoration on spine. Vellum dusty, spine tips bumped, otherwise clean throughout. 'This Edition is strictly limited to 1000 number Copies, 500 of which are for America.' No. 406 out of 1000.
OCLC: 504750241, both at the British Library & another at the National Library of Chile.
4 vols, 8vo, vellum, gilt titles and decoration on spine. Vellum dusty, spine tips bumped, otherwise clean throughout. 'This Edition is strictly limited to 1000 number Copies, 500 of which are for America.' No. 406 out of 1000.
OCLC: 504750241, both at the British Library & another at the National Library of Chile.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
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- 28309
- Title
- The Secret Memoirs of the Duc de Roquelaure Written by Himself Now for the First Time Completely Translated into English in Four Volumes
- Author
- de Roquelaure, Gaston Jean Baptiste [1617-1683]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- N.P.
- Date Published
- 1896
- Bookseller catalogs
- FRANCE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...