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The library of Marie Antoinnette
[MOREAU, Jacob-Nicolas].Bibliothèque de Madame La Dauphine. No. 1. Histoire.    Paris, Michel Lambert for Saillant & Nyon and Moutard, 1770 (1771). Large 8vo. Early 20th brown morocco (by Ferd. Bakala, Vienna), gilt floral border and fillets on both sides; richly gilt spine with red morocco label lettered in gold; inner dentells. Frontispiece of 'Madame la Dauphine', surrounded by the muses, engraved by Ch. Eisen Juvenil, and dated 1770. (2), 182, (2) pp. Original edition of this outline of the history of the world written by Jacob-Nicolas Moreau, the librarian of 'La Daupine', the later queen Marie Antoinette. Moreau wrote this short history on the basis of the history books in the library of Madame la Dauphine at the Royal palace, 166 of which are listed at the end on p. 158-182. The text is preceded by a general essay on the importance of the study of the past. Planned as a complete course for the education of Marie Antoinette, this first volume on history is the only part that was published. Good nicely bound uncut copy.- (Library stamp on title).
Barbier, I, 413; cf. Lex. d. Gesch. d. Buchwesens, I, 416; not in Blogie; not in Taylor, Book catalogues, their varieties & uses. Second ed.
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