Brantôme - Vie des dames galantes - 1882





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Brantôme, Vie des dames galantes, a three-volume illustrated edition in French, Paris 1882, reissue, soft cover, complete in 3 volumes and about 800 pages measuring 17 by 10 cm.
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Brantôme. The Seven Discourses on the Courtly Ladies of Monsieur de Brantôme. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1882, xvi-248 pp., 263 pp. 314 pp.
3 volumes in-12 (175x110 mm), paperback. The binding of volume I is fragile. Interior fresh, rare foxing.
Illustrated edition with drawings by Edouard de Beaumont; edition prepared by Henri Bouchot after the manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale.
Across a series of narratives, portraits and anecdotes, the author evokes the manners of the French and European nobility, in particular romantic relations, gallantry and the condition of women. Blending personal memories, historical facts and moral observations, Brantôme offers a vivid picture of Renaissance court society.
Complete in 3 volumes
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Brantôme. The Seven Discourses on the Courtly Ladies of Monsieur de Brantôme. Paris, Jouaust, Librairie des bibliophiles, 1882, xvi-248 pp., 263 pp. 314 pp.
3 volumes in-12 (175x110 mm), paperback. The binding of volume I is fragile. Interior fresh, rare foxing.
Illustrated edition with drawings by Edouard de Beaumont; edition prepared by Henri Bouchot after the manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale.
Across a series of narratives, portraits and anecdotes, the author evokes the manners of the French and European nobility, in particular romantic relations, gallantry and the condition of women. Blending personal memories, historical facts and moral observations, Brantôme offers a vivid picture of Renaissance court society.
Complete in 3 volumes

