(History). Marie de la Vergne, Countess of Lafayette. "History of Madame Henriette of England, first wife of Philippe of France, Duke of Orleans. Amsterdam, by Jean Frédéric Bernard. 1742. In-12 bound in full contemporary basane. Spine with ornate nerves. Title piece. (3ff) 220 pages. Bound in the suite " Mémoires de la cour de France pour les années 1688 et 1689 ". Amsterdam, Bernard 1742. 234 pages. Spine and covers a little rubbed. A good copy.

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