BINDINGS WITH THE ARMS OF THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULEME.

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Dec 13, 2022

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  BINDINGS WITH THE ARMS OF THE DUCHESS OF ANGOULEME. - COURT CALENDAR [...]. Printed for the royal family and Household of His Majesty. In Paris, at Pélicier (Madame widow Hérissant owner publisher). Set of 2 volumes in period binding.
  
  Annual publication listing the members of the King's Household and those of the Royal Family, the members of the Orders of Chivalry, those of the main administrations, and indicating the members of the reigning families of Europe.
  
  - 1822. In-24, 216 pp, dark green morocco, smooth threaded and fleurdelisé spine, gilt fleurdelisé lace framing the boards with coat of arms in the center, old rose tabis endpapers, ornamented edges, fine gilt inner frieze, gilt edges, corners rubbed.
  
  - 1824. In-24, 220 pp. with printed collet on p. 220 ("changemens survenus pendant l'impression du Calendrier de la Cour"), dark green Russian leather, smooth spine decorated with gilt ironwork, fleurdelisé lace framing the boards with gilt coat of arms in the center, gilt edges, small snag on the upper cover and corners a little rubbed.
  
  EACH OF THE TWO VOLUMES IN MAROQUIN WITH THE DUCSE OF ANGOULÊME'S ARMS (OHR, pl. n° 2553, iron n° 5).
  
  Elder daughter of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the Duchess of Angoulême Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte de France (1778-1851) married her first cousin the Duke of Angoulême in 1799, while emigrating to Mittau. She was exiled for a second time with her husband, after the Revolution of 1830, to her deposed uncle Charles X.