[Madame du Barry] - Set of four works 1 - Welschinger, (Henri) - Les bijoux de Mme Du Barry. Paris, Charavay 1881. In-16° paperback, engraved frontispiece, 126 pp. One of the copies on white Hollande paper. Good condition. 2 - Bernard, (Jean Frédéric) - Précis historique de la vie de Madame la comtesse du Barry. Paris (London), s.n., 1774. In-8° half blue cloth, frontispiece, 93 pp. Ex-libris Franck Villard. Good condition. 3 - Pidansat de Mairobert, (Mathieu) - Anecdotes on Madame la comtesse Du Barri, mistress of Louis XV. Au pont aux Dames 1776. In-12° half red chagrin, 336 pp. Barbier I, 188. Good condition. 4 - Pidansat de Mairobert, (Mathieu) - Lettres originales de Madame la Comtesse du Barry. London, 1779. In-12° contemporary half calf viii, 205 pp. Good condition.

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