Madame de Pompadour by Nancy Mitford (Signed)
MITFORD, Nancy. Madame de Pompadour. London: Hamish Hamilton and Book Society, 1954.
Signed copy. This edition published by Hamish Hamilton and The Book Society simultaneously with the Hamish Hamilton first edition in March, 1954. Dust-jacket by Cecil Beaton.
Mitford's account of the life of Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV, and one of the most powerful women in 18th-century France. In a lively combination of history and character study, Mitford describes Madame de Pompadour’s rise to power and her great talents as a patron of the arts. Mitford paints a glittering picture of the court and untangles the complicated threads of politics at home and abroad.
275 pp. b/w frontis, b/w illus. 8vo, original cloth. Minor foxing to endpapers and fore-edge. Dust-jacket bright and un-faded, with only a hint of spotting to inner flaps, and a few minor nicks and chips. A very good copy.
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