HOLY WEEK OFFICE (...) printed by order of Madame Marie-Adél - Lot 101

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HOLY WEEK OFFICE (...) printed by order of Madame Marie-Adél - Lot 101
HOLY WEEK OFFICE (...) printed by order of Madame Marie-Adélaïde of France. Paris, Guillaume Desprez, P. Guillaume Cavelier, 1752. In-12, red mar., right gilt lace in frame, gilt coat of arms, ornate ribbed back, gilt tr. (Rel. ep.). In the arms of Madame Adélaïde (1732-1800), third daughter of Louis XV and Marie Leczinska. OHR, pl. 2514, iron no. 5 approaching (smaller size). "Intelligent, highly educated, this princess was a useful influence on a weak King. (...) The volumes that belonged to Mesdames de France can only be distinguished by the colour of the morocco (...): Madame Adélaïde had hers in red morocco, Madame Victoire in green, and Madame Sophie in lemon. These works were bound by Fournier in Versailles, and by Vente. (...) His library was sold at auction during the Revolution." Ex-libris Dr. Eugene Olivier. Scrubbed rel.
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