Binding.- Madame Victoire of France.- Campagne de Monsieur le Marechal de Villars en Allemagne, 2
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Binding.- Madame Victoire de France.- Campagne de Monsieur le Marechal de Villars en Allemagne, 2 vol., half-titles, some browning to vol. 1, engraved bookplate Madame Victoire to vol.1, contemporary olive morocco, with central arms in gilt of Madame Victoire to covers, spines gilt with red morocco labels, edges and dentelles likewise gilt, spines and vol. 1 upper cover lightly sunned, g.e., 8vo (binding: 176x105mm.), Amsterdam, chez Marc Michel, 1762.*** Madame Victoire de France (1733-1799), was one of Louis XV's seven unmarried daughters who were collectively known at Versailles as the 'Mesdames'. Escaping the Revolution in 1791 with her sister Adelaide, she lived out the rest of her days in Rome then Naples, and finally Corfu and Trieste, their attempts to find safe harbour plagued by the French Revolutionary Wars in Italy. The bodies of both were returned to France by Louis XVIII. Victoire's rank as a 'fille de France' is recognisable by the distinctive coronet, and her personal books are known to have often been bound in olive green morocco.
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Binding.- Madame Victoire of France.- Campagne de Monsieur le Marechal de Villars en Allemagne, 2
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