FRANCE - beautiful collection of about 40 "PRET A POSTER" with ADVERTISING REPIQUAGES on Marianne de Luquet, Lamouche, Beaujard etc... UNICEF, Secours Catholique, Médecins du Monde, Villages d' enfants etc... CERTAIN RARES ... (see Sinais specialized catalog)

Reunion of 5 bound books on the favorites of the kings of France: 1. [BARBÉ-MARBOIS]: Lettres de Madame la Marquise de Pompadour: depuis MDCCXLIV, jusqu'à MDCCLII, inclusively. London, 1773. 3 volumes in 1 volume. 9 by 16.5 cm. Continuous pagination of (4)-IV-331 pages. Contemporary full calf, smooth spine decorated, red title page. Upper spine frayed, one corner slightly worn, otherwise fine binding. Very rare foxing. The title and warning pages of volume 3 (pp. 179-182) have been mistakenly bound after p. 192. Each volume has a title leaf, included in the pagination. That of volume 2 reads "depuis MDCCLIII jusqu'à MDCCLXII". The 1st edition dates from 1771. This edition contains 163 apocryphal letters. "These letters were originally attributed to Crébillon Fils. Since then, and as they are very well written, they are considered to be a youthful work by Marquis Barbé-Marbois, born in 1745 and died in 1837. What is most true is that the author, whoever one may suppose him to be, could only have been a man of great wit." (Gay III-824). 2. CANTREL (Emile): Nouvelles à la main sur la Comtesse du Barry trouvées dans les papiers du Comte de *** revues et commentées. Introduction by Arsène Houssaye. Two portraits and an autograph. Paris, Henri Plon, 1861. One volume. 14.5 by 23 cm. (4)-IV-441 pages + 2 portraits + 1 facsimile. Contemporary midnight-blue half-maroquin with corners, 5-rib spine, gilt head. A very fine copy. First edition. 3. CRAUFURD (Quentin): Notices sur Mesdames de La Vallière, de Montespan, de Fontanges et de Maintenon; extraites du catalog raisonné de la collection de portraits de M. Craufurd. Paris, J. Gratiot, 1818. One volume. 12 by 19.5 cm. (4)-88-(1) pages. Contemporary half basane, spine decorated, red title page. Binding in very good condition, a few scattered brown spots. First edition. Rare. Quérard II-331; The CCFr. only locates copies in the B.N.F.. 4. [GAIN DE MONTAGNAC (Louis-Laurent-Joseph): L'esprit de Madame de Maintenon, avec des notes. By the author of the Mémoires du Chevalier de Kilpar. Paris, Durand, 1771. One volume. 9 by 16.5 cm. XXIV-156 pages. 19th century full buff, spine with 5 ornate nerves, untrimmed copy. 1st and last pages dusty. ch. 126); 19th century full basane, spine with ornate nerves. First edition. Barbier II-190; Conlon 71: 956. Collection of Madame de Maintenon's bon mots and maxims, taken from her correspondence. 5. [THEVENEAU de MORANDE (Charles de)] or [PIDANSAT de MAIROBERT (Mathieu-François)]: Anecdotes on M. la comtesse du Barri. London [Amsterdam], [Van Harrevelt], 1778. 2 parts in 1 volume. 9 by 16 cm. Continuous pagination of 1 portrait-416 pages. Contemporary full basane, spine ribbed and decorated. Covers worn, one corner damaged. Discreet marginal wetness on the first 10 leaves. The second part begins on p. 241, with its own title page. The original edition dates from 1775. Barbier, Ouvrages anonymes I-188 c. In his first edition, Barbier attributed this work to Charles Théveneau de Morande. The Société Bibliographique de France attributes it to Pidansat de Mairobert... "This work contains many scandalous documents on the famous favorite, her correspondence, genealogy, etc.".