Lot 167
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[CHOISY, FRANÇOIS-TIMOLÉON, ABBÉ DE]
HISTOIRE DE MADAME LA COMTESSE DES BARRES
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 January 2019 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A Madame la Marquise de Lambert. Brussels: François Foppens, 1736. Second edition, small 8vo, slightly later green crushed morocco gilt with doublures by Trautz-Bozonnet, upper cover detached; Senault, Jean Francois De l'Usage des Passions... Paris, 1643. 12mo, later blue morocco gilt, bookplate (2)
Footnote
Note: François Timoléon, Abbé de Choisy, was born in Paris in 1644 to parents attached to the French Royal Court. Until the age of 18, François was dressed as a girl, and, after brief experimentation in traditionally male costume, decided to resume dressing in female attire as an adult. François adopted the title Madame la Comtesse des Barres. This work was written by the Comtesse des Barres recounting her experiences living as a woman.
Provenance: Bookplates of Robert Hoz and James Toovey in the Histoire de Madame la Comtesse des Barres