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First edition of this monograph whose main object is the study of French customs during the twenty years preceding the Revolution. The author compares the history of Sweden under Gustav III, which he considers close to that of France:
"the Sweden of Gustavus III, so open to eighteenth-century ideas, so intertwined with our own history at that time thanks to the sympathetic genius of its people and its king, offered a pleasant setting, with sufficient perspective and 'pleasant proportions'.
Book illustrated with 2 portraits in frontispieces (Gustave 3 and Count Fersen), a laminated photo out of text depicting Marie Antoinette at Trianon, after the painting by Wertmüller at Gripsholm; and 4 handwriting facsimiles.
Auguste Geffroy
Gustave III and the court of France: followed by a critical study of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI apocrypha.
Paris: Didier, 1867
in-8 (22 x 14 cm); xii-416pp. + 490pp.
Period bindings in glazed fawn half-calf, ribbed spine, red and green morocco pieces and gilt iron decoration.
Leather passed on the back, some traces of handling. Fresh interior, with scattered foxing.
From Lonrai Castle.
Subject Auguste Geffroy
Gustave III of Sweden and the court of France Louis XV - XVI 1867 Original photo 67357645