1776 Rare French Book - Anecdotes Comtesse du Barry

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resents: 1776 Rare French Book - Anecdotes Comtesse du Barry (English description) Author : Mathieu François Pidanzat de Mairobert Title : ANECDOTES SUR MADAME LA COMTESSE DUBARRI Language : Text in French Publisher : No publisher/sans éditeur, 1776. Complete set of 2 volumes bound in one. Size : 6 "X 4 " Pages : 184-135 pages Binding : Good full calf leather binding (hinges partly cracked but still tight, overall worn and scuffed) under a protective mylar cover Content : Very good content (tight, some light foxing and staining) The book : Rare French book on Jeanne Bécu, comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) - the last Maîtresse-en-titre of Louis XV of France and one of the victims of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. French adventuress, mistress of Louis XV. Dubarry left a convent at 16 and entered a milliner's shop. Subsequently she lived as a courtesan under the name Mlle. Lange. "Her great personal charms led the adventurer, Jean, Comte Du Barry, to take her into his house in order to make it more attractive to dupes whose money he won by gambling. He successfully installed her as the mistress of Louis XV." Her influence over the King was absolute until his death. After his death she led a retiring life until she went to England to raise money on her jewels. On her return to France she read more

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