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BOOKS IN ENGLISH

Carr, John Laurence. Life in France Under Louis XIV. NY; Capricorn, 1970. 176 pp. With bibliography, many b/w illustrations. Trade paperback, worn wraps, else good. OP; $9.00

Gager, Kristin E. Blood Ties and Fictive Ties: Adoption and Family Life in Early Modern France. Princeton UP, 1996. 197 pp. "Gager brings to light evidence showing how married couples and single men and women from the artisan neighborhoods in 16th- and 17th-century Paris managed to adopt children as their legal heirs. In so doing, she offers a new, richly detailed portrait of family life, civil law, and public assistance in Paris." Extensive bibliography. Hardcover, new. In print at $47.50; $12.00

Hamscher, Albert N. The Parlement of Paris after the Fronde, 1653-1673. Pittsburgh, 1976. 270 pp. "This book assesses how and to what extent the governments of Cardinal Mazarin and Louis XIV controlled the Parlement of Paris in the two decades after the civil wars known as the Fronde. . . . Few historians have examined the resurgence of royal authority after the Fronde from the vantage point of traditional instututions, and no other scholarly work deals extensively with the activities of Parlement during this controversial period." Extensive footnotes & bibliography. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. OP; $15.00

Kierstead, Raymond F., ed. State and Society in Seventeenth-Century France. NY; Franklin Watts/New Viewpoints, 1975. 283 pp. 10 essays. Extensive footnotes. Trade paperback, very good. OP; $12.00

Knox, Edward C. Jean de la Bruyere. NY; Twayne, 1973 (Twayne World Authors series). 140 pp. Literary examination of La Bruyere. Hardcover, ex-library copy with usual markings, pocket, & dj pasted to inner cover; else good. OP; $9.00

Melzer, Sara E., & Kathryn Norberg. From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France. U of California Press, 1998. 267 pp. "Leading scholars examine the role of the body as a primary site of signification for political power in 17th- and 18th-century France. . . . The monarchy enlisted its subjects' minds through the body: through dance, music, drama, art, and social rituals. The final essays show how the royal body politic came undone in the late 18th century and was replaced by a new republican body." 10 essays. Illustrations, extensive notes. Trade paperback, new. In print at $18.00; $7.00

Mitford, Nancy. The Sun King: Louis XIV at Versailles. NY; Harper & Row, 1966. 255 pp, oversize 7 3/4 x 10". Lavishly illustrated with many color & b/w plates. Bibliography. Hardcover, lightly penciled X's in margins throughout, else good, no dj. Reprinted in paperback at $22.95; $12.00*

Nef, John U. Industry and Government in France and England, 1540-1640. Cornell UP, 1957. Small paperback, good. $4.00

Parkman, Francis. Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV. Boston; Little, Brown, 1908. 523 pp. hardcover, wear to cloth at head & foot of spine, else good, no dj. OP; $15.00

Rogers, Cameron. Cyrano: Swordsman, Libertin, and Man-of-Letters. NY; Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1929. 308 pp. Somewhat novelistic biography of the historical Cyrano de Bergerac. Includes brief bibliography. Hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings & pocket; else fair, pages clean. OP; $10.00

Slocombe, George. The White Plumed Henry, King of France. NY; Cosmopolitan Book Corp, 1931. 378 pp. Biography. hardcover, some sunning, soiling, & dampstaining to cloth, else good, page block clean & tight. OP; $12.00

Trott, David, & Nicole Boursier, eds. L'Age du Theatre en France / The Age of Theatre in France. Edmonton, Alberta: Academic Printing & Publishing, 1988. 374 pp. 28 articles on dramatic literature and performance from Corneille to Beaumarchais, 11 in English, 17 in French. Extremely scarce. Trade paperback, very good, clean. OP; $95.00

BOOKS IN FRENCH

Couturier, Marcel. Recherches sur les structures sociales de Chateaudun, 1525-1789. S.E.V.P.E.N., 1969. Trade paperback, some light creasing & shelfwear to wraps, else very good+. $30.00

Feillet, Alphonse. La Misere au Temps de la Fronde et St. Vincent de Paul. Paris; Librairie Ac. Didier/Perrin, 1886. 572 pp. Extensive notes. Broche, wear consistent with age, else very good, clean. $7.00

Gresset, Maurice. Gens de justice a Besancon de la conquête par Louis XIV a la Revolution francaise (1674-1789). (2 volumes) Bibl Nationale, 1978. Scarce. Trade paperback, shelfwear to wraps, interiors near mint. 2 vols: $85.00

Leon, Pierre. Economies et Societes Preindustrielles. Tome 2: 1650-1780. Paris; Armand Colin, 1970. Collection "U" series. 459 pp. Hbk, good; clean text. $17.00

Martin, Henri-Jean. Livre, pouvoirs, et societe a Paris au XVIIe siecle (1598-1701). (2 volumes) Librairie Droz, 1969. Trade paperback, light shelfwear to wraps, else very good. 2 vols: $75.00

May, Georges. Tragedie Cornelienne, Tragedie Racinienne: Etude sur les Sources de l'Interêt Dramatique. Illinois, 1948. 255 pp. Illinois Studies in Language & Literature, Vol. XXXII, No. 4. Notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover in sturdy library cloth, near mint/no dj. OP; $15.00

Musee des Arts Decoratifs. Louis XIV: Faste et Decors - Mai-Octobre 1960. Paris, 1960. 208 pp + 104 b/w plates. Exhibition catalogue. Broche, light wear to wraps, browned pages, else very good. $25.00

Trott, David, & Nicole Boursier, eds. L'Age du Theatre en France / The Age of Theatre in France. Edmonton, Alberta: Academic Printing & Publishing, 1988. 374 pp. 28 articles on dramatic literature and performance from Corneille to Beaumarchais, 11 in English, 17 in French. Extremely scarce. Trade paperback, very good, clean. OP; $95.00