Portraits and Anecdotes

Portraits and Anecdotes

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: GŽdŽon Tallemant des RŽaux

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Good with light tanning, Dust Jacket: fair with general shelfwear with some tears along the spines and edges., Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


A selection of witty and insightful sketches of seventeenth-century French personalities by GŽdŽon Tallemant des RŽaux, a lawyer, poet, and historian. The portraits, based on TallemantÕs personal observations and gossip, reveal the character, habits, and scandals of various figures from the court, the church, the nobility, and the literary world. The book was edited and translated by Douglas ParmŽe and published by Oxford University Press in 1965. It has 191 pages.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: GŽdŽon Tallemant des RŽaux

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition : Good with light tanning, Dust Jacket: fair with general shelfwear with some tears along the spines and edges., Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting,


A selection of witty and insightful sketches of seventeenth-century French personalities by GŽdŽon Tallemant des RŽaux, a lawyer, poet, and historian. The portraits, based on TallemantÕs personal observations and gossip, reveal the character, habits, and scandals of various figures from the court, the church, the nobility, and the literary world. The book was edited and translated by Douglas ParmŽe and published by Oxford University Press in 1965. It has 191 pages.