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Berry, Charles Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duc de.
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2,500 - 3,500 GBP
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Description
- A collection of works about him, in funerary bindings:
- paper
Chateaubriand, F.R., vicomte de. Mémoires, lettres... touchant la vie et la mort de S.A.R. Monseigneur... duc de Berry. Paris, 1820, 8vo, presented by the Duchesse be Berry to the Bishop of Amiens, 1820, with gilt-stamped inscription on silk liner
Delandine de Saint-Esprit, J. Vie de S.A.R.... duc de Berry. Paris, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved portraits, 2 folding facsimiles
G. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de... le duc de Berry... par M. G****. Paris, 1820, 8vo, bound with 2 copies of: Sartory, Madame de. Mémores sur... duc de Berri. Paris, 1820, folding facsimile
Lions, J. Histoire de S.A.R. Mgr. le duc de Berry, Lyon, 1820, 12mo, presentation copy, with manuscript dedication leaf addressed to the Duchesse de Berry by the author tipped in
Choppin. Eloge funèbre de S.A.R. Monseigneur le duc de Berry. Paris, 1820, 8vo, bound with 4 other oraisons funèbres by Bruchet, de Boulogne, Clausel de Coussergues & Jaunet
Office des morts. Paris: A. Le Clere, 1818, 16mo
Together 6 volumes, contemporary black straight-grained morocco, all but one with the arms of the Duchesse de Berry [Olivier 2554 fer 2 variants) stamped in blind on sides and the bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny, the other with the Duchesse de Berry's monogram in silver and Brunsee book label, 3 by Simier with stamp on spine, 3 volumes rubbed, small hole in upper cover of last volume
Delandine de Saint-Esprit, J. Vie de S.A.R.... duc de Berry. Paris, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved portraits, 2 folding facsimiles
G. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de... le duc de Berry... par M. G****. Paris, 1820, 8vo, bound with 2 copies of: Sartory, Madame de. Mémores sur... duc de Berri. Paris, 1820, folding facsimile
Lions, J. Histoire de S.A.R. Mgr. le duc de Berry, Lyon, 1820, 12mo, presentation copy, with manuscript dedication leaf addressed to the Duchesse de Berry by the author tipped in
Choppin. Eloge funèbre de S.A.R. Monseigneur le duc de Berry. Paris, 1820, 8vo, bound with 4 other oraisons funèbres by Bruchet, de Boulogne, Clausel de Coussergues & Jaunet
Office des morts. Paris: A. Le Clere, 1818, 16mo
Together 6 volumes, contemporary black straight-grained morocco, all but one with the arms of the Duchesse de Berry [Olivier 2554 fer 2 variants) stamped in blind on sides and the bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny, the other with the Duchesse de Berry's monogram in silver and Brunsee book label, 3 by Simier with stamp on spine, 3 volumes rubbed, small hole in upper cover of last volume
Catalogue Note
The Duc de Berry was assassinated on 13 February 1820 as he left the Paris opera with his wife.