LOT 3646
13th December 2022
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LOT 3646
[BUSSY-RABUTIN, Roger de and Courtilz DE SANDRAS et al.] La France Galante; ou Histoires Amoureuses de la Cour sous le Regne de Louis XIV. Cologne: [Amsterdam: 1737.] 2 vols. 12mo (131 x 70mm.) 8 engraved plates, 12pp. publisher's catalogue to rear of vol. 2. (Toning.) Near contemporary calf, red and black morocco lettering pieces to the spines (light rubbing, endpapers replaced). Note: reveals all the intrigue and scandal of the court of Louis XIV. In volume 2, p.99, is the plate showing the King watching his son- the Count of Vermandois- being flogged for his membership of a brotherhood of homosexuals. Provenance: Richard Chase Sidney (armorial bookplate to the front pastedown); Edward Milner (armorial bookplate to the front-free endpaper). - And a further volume, also published in Amsterdam ('Histoires Francoises Galantes et Comiques', 1712, 12mo) (3).
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