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Montpensier, (Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, duchesse de). Mémoires de Mademoiselle de Montpensier, fille de Gaston d’Orléans, frère de Louis XIII, Roi de France. Nouvelle édition […]. 8 vols.

8vo. Contemp calf. – Amsterdam, J. Wetstein & G. Smith, 1746.

Revised and enlarged edition of the „Mémoires“ written by the Duchess of Montpensier (1627–1693), niece of King Louis XIII, cousin of Louis XIV and known as „La Grande Mademoiselle“. Editor of Montpensier’s memories was her secretary Jean Regnault de Segrais. The preface of the present edition is written by J.-Fréd. Bernard. – Brunet III, 1870. – Extremities somewhat rubbed. Fine and complete set in all. – Best.-Nr. 22448