BINDING-ANNE MARIE LOUISE D'ORLÉANS, DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER] BELLARMIN, ROBERT. Les Degrez mystiques pour eslever l'âme à Dieu par la considération des créatures, traduits du latin du grand cardinal Bellarmin . Paris: P. Rocolet, 1655. Full dark red period morocco, the covers with the gilt arms of the Duchess, edged with a triple fillet with fleurs-de-lys in the corners, spine in six compartments, ornately gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.5 cm); xxxiv, 431 pp. Some light wear, internally some toning. Bound for one of the greatest heiresses in history, known as La Grande Mademoiselle. Her one great love was for a courtier, Antoine Nompar de Caumont, but this was considered a mésalliance, and their marriage was forbidden by Louis XIV. She died unmarried and childless, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin, Philippe of France. Olivier 2561, fer 4. C
BINDING-ANNE MARIE LOUISE D'ORLÉANS, DUCHESS OF MONTPENSIER] BELLARMIN, ROBERT. Les Degrez mystiques pour eslever l'âme à Dieu par la considération des créatures, traduits du latin du grand cardinal Bellarmin . Paris: P. Rocolet, 1655. Full dark red period morocco, the covers with the gilt arms of the Duchess, edged with a triple fillet with fleurs-de-lys in the corners, spine in six compartments, ornately gilt, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.5 cm); xxxiv, 431 pp. Some light wear, internally some toning. Bound for one of the greatest heiresses in history, known as La Grande Mademoiselle. Her one great love was for a courtier, Antoine Nompar de Caumont, but this was considered a mésalliance, and their marriage was forbidden by Louis XIV. She died unmarried and childless, leaving her vast fortune to her cousin, Philippe of France. Olivier 2561, fer 4. C
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