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[MARIE ADELAÏDE de France, dite Madame Adélaïde]. L'Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris, printed by order of Madame Marie-Adélaïde de France. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1755. In-12 red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, gilt title, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleur-de-lys spandrels, gilt arms in the center of the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Modern handwritten ex-dono (April 17, 1932) "To my dear niece Marie Antoinette Se Marie Elisabeth". A fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), fourth (favorite) daughter and sixth child of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, one of France's most famous female bibliophiles. The volumes belonging to Mesdames de France, daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, can only be distinguished by the color of the morocco on which their arms are stamped. Madame Adélaïde had hers in red morocco, Madame Victoire in green morocco, and Madame Sophie in lemon morocco. Madame Adélaïde's library, much larger than those of her sisters, comprised over 10,000 volumes, and was sold at auction during the French Revolution.

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[MARIE ADELAÏDE de France, dite Madame Adélaïde]. L'Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françois, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris, printed by order of Madame Marie-Adélaïde de France. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, 1755. In-12 red morocco, ribbed spine decorated with fleur-de-lys caissons, gilt title, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleur-de-lys spandrels, gilt arms in the center of the covers, gilt edges (period binding). Modern handwritten ex-dono (April 17, 1932) "To my dear niece Marie Antoinette Se Marie Elisabeth". A fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Adélaïde de France, known as Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), fourth (favorite) daughter and sixth child of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, one of France's most famous female bibliophiles. The volumes belonging to Mesdames de France, daughters of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska, can only be distinguished by the color of the morocco on which their arms are stamped. Madame Adélaïde had hers in red morocco, Madame Victoire in green morocco, and Madame Sophie in lemon morocco. Madame Adélaïde's library, much larger than those of her sisters, comprised over 10,000 volumes, and was sold at auction during the French Revolution.

Estimate 300 - 400 EUR

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