Bombelles, Monumenti e munificenze di Maria Luigia, Parma, 1845, contemporary half calf
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BOMBELLES, CHARLES-RENÉ DE
Monumenti e munificenze di Sua Maesta la Principessa Imperiale Maria Luigia. Parma (Paris: Paul Renouard), 1845
6 parts in one volume, oblong folio (280 x 410mm.), text in Italian, German and French, 69 lithographed plates by Deroy, contemporary calf-backed boards, upper cover of the first fascicule only bound in, possibly lacking a portrait, occasional light foxing or damp-staining
A volume depicting monuments and scenery in and around Parma, commissioned by Bombelles to commemorate the duchess of Parma's influence on the city's buildings and culture. Marie Louise Hapsburg-Lorraine (1797-1847), second wife of Napoleon, became duchess of Parma in 1814; Charles-René de Bombelles was her third husband (they married in 1834), though described in this work as her gran maggiordomo.
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