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CONTENTS.

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS.

INTRODUCTION. [1]

DISCOURSE I. ANNE DE BRETAGNE, QUEEN OF FRANCE.

DISCOURSE II. CATHERINE DE' MEDICI, QUEEN, AND MOTHER OF OUR LAST KINGS.

DISCOURSE III. MARIE STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, FORMERLY QUEEN OF OUR FRANCE.

DISCOURSE IV. ELISABETH OF FRANCE, QUEEN OF SPAIN.

DISCOURSE V. MARGUERITE, QUEEN OF FRANCE AND OF NAVARRE, SOLE

DISCOURSE VI. MESDAMES, THE DAUGHTERS OF THE NOBLE HOUSE OF FRANCE. [19] 1 Madame Yoland de France.

DISCOURSE VII. OF VARIOUS ILLUSTRIOUS LADIES. [22] 1 Isabelle

APPENDIX. I.

INDEX.

THE BOOK OF THE LADIES

MESSIRE PIERRE DE BOURDEILLE SEIGNEUR DE BRANTOME.

The Reign and Amours of the
Bourbon RÉgime

 
A Brilliant Description of
the Courts of Louis XVI,
Amours, Debauchery, Intrigues,
and State Secrets, including
Suppressed and Confiscated MSS.

colophon

The Book of the
Illustrious Dames

BY
Pierre de BourdeÏlle, AbbÉ de BrantÔme

With Introductory Essay By
C.-A. Sainte-Beuve


Unexpurgated Rendition into English

PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR MEMBERS OF THE
VERSAILLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NEW YORK

 
 
Copyright, 1899.
By H. P. & Co.
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All Rights Reserved.

 

Édition de Luxe
This edition is limited to two
hundred copies, of which this
is Number
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