MANUSCRIPT. — The Conquests of the Great Alcandre. No place, - Lot 164

MANUSCRIPT. — The Conquests of the Great Alcandre. No place, no date [late 17th century]. In-4 manuscript, 134 folios numbered in pen, brown calfskin, blind-stamped, decorated spine, red edges (contemporary binding). Manuscript of satirical pamphlets about the Court and Louis XIV’s romantic affairs with Mademoiselle de La Vallière and Madame de Montespan. It is written in brown ink, in a regular and very legible hand. Modern ex-libris: Bibliotheca Lideciana. Slight scuffing on the spine and a small loss at the top cap.

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