The reign and amours of the Bourbon regimé;
a brilliant description of the courts of Louis XIV, amours, debauchery, intrigues, and state secrets, including suppressed and confiscated mss.;
the correspondence of Madame Princess Palatine, preceded by introductions from C.-A. Saint-Beuve. Unexpurgated rendition into English.

Description

Main Author

Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d', 1652-1722.

Related Names

Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869.
Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719.
Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy, 1685-1712.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, Priv. print. for members of the Versailles Historical Society [c1889]

Subjects

Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, > Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, / duchesse d', > Orléans, Charlotte-Elisabeth, / duchesse d', / 1652-1722.
France > France / Court and courtiers.

Note

"Limited to 200 copies". This copy not numbered.
Includes "Correspondence of Marie-Adélaïde de Savoie" and "Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon."

Physical Description

vi, 326 p. plates, ports.

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