Souvenirs of Madame Vigee Le Brun
New York: R. Worthington, 1879. Good. Item #000933
New York: R. Worthington, 1979. First Edition. Octavo; x, 398 pp. Portrait frontis with tissue guard. Red cloth with spine label. Floral endpapers. Boards chipped at spine ends and bumped along edges and corners, with some soiling and spotting to cloth. Spine label smudged and chipped at edges. Opens easily to between gatherings, but binding is secure. Pages unmarked.
Collection of autobiographical passages and letters by the French portrait painter. She was granted patronage by Marie Antoinette and painted over 30 portraits of the royal family, and fled to Italy during the French Revolution.
Price: $40.00
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