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7 - AULNOY, Countess of] - Memoirs of the Spanish Court. Paris: Claude Barbin, 1690. 2 vols., in-12, (5) folios, 418 pp., (1) folio; 415 (1) pp., a few faint water stains and small spots, ivory half-vellum.
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AULNOY, Countess of] - Memoirs of the Spanish Court. Paris: Claude Barbin, 1690. 2 vols., in-12, (5) folios, 418 pp., (1) folio; 415 (1) pp., a few faint water stains and small spots, ivory half-vellum. TCH I, 209. First edition. LEVER 264. An elegant and accessible account of the customs, political life, and high society at court. These memoirs enjoyed immense success, much like the historical novels then in vogue. It is believed that the future author of fairy tales was in Spain in 1679, where she had gone to join her mother, an adventuress in the government’s employ.
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