Madame de Maintenon d'apres sa Correspondance Authentique (Signed copy)
Signed by Mathieu Auguste Geffroy, with a handwritten letter to Charles Schefer, a prominent orientalist and bibliophile
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First edition. Volume one only (of two). Hardback, rebound in quarter leather, with five raised bands and gilt titling to spine, marbled paper covered boards. Top edge marbled. 19 × 12cm, lxxxi + 349pp. French text.
This copy has been signed by Geffroy, "à Monsieur et Madame Schefer, hommage très dévoué, A. Geffroy" (trans: To Monsieur and Madame Schefer, in very devoted tribute, A. Geffroy).
There is also a signed handwritten letter tipped in. The letter reads "26/1 87. Mon cher confrère, Voulez-vous bien agréer—et Madame Schefer—les deux volumes qui accompagneront cette lettre? Il faut que j’aille à la Biblioth. nationale pour vous donner la réponse sur le maréchal de la diète (landtmarschalk) en 1694. Un volume de Carlson où je peux le trouver me manque ici. C’est d’un certain Florén, n’est-ce pas ? que vous parlez aussi. Je ne trouve pas son article dans le Biographiskt Lexicon. Que savez-vous déjà de lui? Mille hommages respectueux à Madame, et pour vous mille compliments de tout cœur. A. Geffroy" which translates as "Jan 26, [18]87 My dear colleague, Would you and Madame Schefer be so kind as to accept the two volumes that will accompany this letter? I must go to the Bibliothèque Nationale [National Library] to give you the answer regarding the Marshal of the Diet (Landtmarschalk) in 1694. A volume by Carlson in which I might find it is missing from my collection here. It is a certain Florén you are also speaking of, is it not? I cannot find his entry in the Biographiskt Lexicon. What do you already know about him? A thousand respectful regards to Madame, and for you, a thousand heartfelt compliments. A. Geffroy"
This is a selection of Madame de Maintenon's letters. Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, was a French noblewoman who secretly married King Louis XIV. Although she was never considered queen of France, she was one of the King's closest advisers.
Condition
This copy is in very good condition. There is light rubbing to the leather's extremities and board's edges. Inoffensive marginal pencil marks with the occasional comment, and a some minor spotted foxing, Otherwise the book remains in good solid shape.
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