The history of female favourites

Title

The history of female favourites

Alternative Title

Full title: The history of female favourites: of Mary de Padilla, under Peter the Cruel, King of Castile; Livia, under the Emperor Augustus; Julia Farnesa, under Pope Alexander the Sixth; Agnes Soreau, under Charles Vii. King of France; and Nantilda, under Dagobert, King of France.

Creator

La Roche-Guilhem, Anne de, 1644-1707.

Publisher

London, printed for C. Parker, the Upper End of New Bond-Street

Date

M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

Format

[4], 324p. ; 21 cm (8⁰).

Description

Selected and translated from 'Histoire des favorites' by Anne de la Roche-Guihen.

Contents: Mary de Padilla -- Livia -- Julia Farneas -- Agnus Sorezu -- Nantilda.

Binding: contemporary mottled calf with morocco and gilt to spine; marbled endpapers.

Provenance

Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.

Language

English

Identifier

D107.7 .L3 1772

English Short Title Catalogue, T60642

Relation

https://ocul-qu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01OCUL_QU/r9dor2/alma9952764900305158

Files

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Collection

Citation

La Roche-Guilhem, Anne de, 1644-1707., “The history of female favourites,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed May 4, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/1002.