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Lot 348: [Women, Portraits, Corsica] D'Abrantes, 1835

Est: €350 EUR - €450 EURPassed
BibliopathosMilano, ItalyDecember 04, 2015

Item Overview

Description

MONUMENTAL COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES OF 111 RENOWNED WOMEN

D'Abrantès, Laure St. Martin Permon duchessa. Vite e ritratti delle donne celebri d'ogni paese. Opera della duchessa d’Abrantès, continuata per cura di letterati italiani. Milano, presso Ant. Fort. Stella e Figli, 1835-39.

4 volumes (of 5) in 4to, contemporary half-calf binding with gilt-lettered titles at spines, pp. 366-351-359-367-368.

88 FULL-PAGE PLATES WITH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS WOMEN: Lucrezia Borgia, Charlotte Corday, Beatrice Cenci, Anne Boleyn, Mary STuart, the Queen Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinette, Maria Letizia Bonaparte, the Marquise Pompadour, Jeanne d'Arc, etc.

This work, one of the most important attributed to Laure St. Martin Permon duchess of Abrantes, is a collection of biographies of 111 famous women in history, arts, etc., each of them completed by an engraved portrait of the woman whose life is described.

Laure St. Martin Permon duchess of Abrantès, (1784 – 1838) was born in Ajaccio in a family tied by friendship to Napoleone Bonaparte. He personally supported the marriage of Laure with his aide-de-camp, general Junot. She was for a long time, Empress Josephine favorite and along all her life she took care of artists and literates in Napoleon and Josephine court. He wrote many novels, soon forgotten, and his most famous work, a collection of biographies of renowned women. He died in Paris in indigence.

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

A good almost complete set, missing the third volume. Water-stains and other traces of use: an honest reading copy.

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Auction Details

A collection of valuable books about history and travels

by
Bibliopathos
December 04, 2015, 06:00 PM CET

viale Regina Giovanna, 15, Milano, 20129, IT

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In case of payment with Paypal Bibliopathos will add an additional charge of 3% of the hammer price.

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