Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry, with Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV

Title: Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry, with Minute Details of Her Entire Career as Favorite of Louis XV

Author: Madame du Barry [Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry]

Publication: New York; London: M. Walter Dunne, 1903.

Description: Memoirs of Louis XV's official royal mistress Madame Du Barry, from the series "Memoirs and Secret Chronicles of the Courts of Europe." Printed for subscribers only. Illustrated with full-page photogravures on Japan vellum, some in color. Title page with orange ornamental borders; series title page in color. In "Saint Dunstan Binding" of full black leather over boards, stamped in gilt and blind, with decorative onlays, silk moiré endpapers, top edge gilt, and blue ribbon marker. 9.5 x 6.5 inches; xxvii, [1], 445 pages, [7] leaves of plates (first plate included in pagination). Moderate wear and soiling to the binding, but a clean interior. Very Good-.