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French Nobility 1611-1814 Limited Edition Set

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French Nobility 1611-1814 Limited Edition Set
<B>Memoirs of the French Nobility 1611 - 1814</B></I> This set consists of nine 8vo (6" x 9") volumes bound in half leather with gold spine decorations and marbled boards. All memoirs translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. All books are of the Versailles Aquarelle Edition, a special edition limited to 85 numbered sets of which this set is numbered 13. The set is comprised of: <B><I>The Prince de Ligne, His Memoirs, Letters, and Miscellaneous Papers</B></I></B></I> (Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1899), volume one 324 pages, volume two 328 pages. <B>E. J. B. Rathery <I>Journal and Memoirs of the Marquis D'Argenson</B></I></B></I> (Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1901), volume one 401 pages, volume two 381 pages. <B><I>Memoirs and Letters of Cardinal de Bernis</B></I></B></I> (Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1901), volume one 329 pages, volume two 325 pages. <B><I>Memoirs of Madame de Motteville on Anne of Austria and Her Court</B></I></B></I> (Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Company, 1901), volume one 374 pages, volume two 364 pages, volume three 361 pages. All books in the set are in very good condition.