[DUREY DE SAUVOY, Jos.
Marquis du terrail]. The Princess of Gonsague, historical novel. The Hague, 1756. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-12. Full contemporary calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine with gilt lion in the boxes, red morocco title-piece. 189pp; 143pp.
First edition of this historical novel. Followed by an entertainment in one act : Le déguisement de l'amour.
>Copy with the arms of Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort, duke of Duras (1715-1789), marshal of France who took part in almost all the wars of the reign of Louis XV, governor of Brittany (1768) then of Franche-Comté (1770) and member of the French Academy (1775).
Barbier, III, 1025. O.H.R. pl. 1, n° 4.
Printed bookplate glued to the upper counterfoil: "M. Desnoue".
Corners dulled, beginning of cracks at the jaws.
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