BRANTOME - THE LIVES OF THE WOMEN OF SWIVEN volume 1-2 [complete in 2 vols.]

BRANTOME Pierre de Bourdeille

LIVES OF THE LADIES OF SWAIN

Translated by Boy

Vol. 1-2 [set in 2 vols.]

Krakow 1914 pp 252, 300, format 16x2.5 cm

HARDCOVER CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, FLAT SPINES WITH IMPRESSIVE FLORAL GILT AND GILT TITLING. MARBLED BOARDS, PAGE EDGES MARBLED WITH THE SAME DESIGN.

Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme (born c. 1540, died July 15, 1614) - French historian, soldier and biographer.

He became famous mainly as a diarist. He was the author of the colorful Mémoires (vols. 1-10) published in 1665-1666. They are a valuable document of the customs of the era. They include, among others, Lives of the swaggering ladies

First Polish edition!

BDB-/ BEAUTIFUL condition pieces