DE NOLHAC (Pierre) - Louis XV et Madame de Pompadour. - 1903

DE NOLHAC (Pierre) Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour. Goupil & Cie, Manzi, Joyant & Cie, Paris, 1903. Grand in-4 (32 x 25 cm), (4) ff., 205 pp., (3) ff., bound. Blue morocco with gilt spine adorned with the cipher of Louis XV and golden lilies, gilt title, wide gilt Rocaille-style dentelle framing the boards with the cipher of Louis XV in the corners, royal arms gilt at the center, double gilt fillet on the edges, gilt roll on the turn-ins, gilt-edged. Binding signed Durvand in the manner of Padeloup. Headpieces damaged, partial detachment of leather at the joints, a corner worn. Interior fresh. Original edition illustrated with a color portrait-frontispiece and 49 plates printed without text (hors texte) in black and in two tones under captions swirling serpents. Work devoted to Louis XV and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Based on contemporary documents and testimonies, Nolhac seeks to show the place held by the marquise at the king’s side and her role in court life and in the arts during Louis XV’s reign. One of 800 copies on handmade paper from the Manufactures de Rives, this is no. 674. Ex-libris imitating that of Madame de Pompadour. From the library of Jean Archambault, with ex-libris.

Estimate:£6.7

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