The Queen’s Necklace; Le Collier de La Reine
$1,250 · Offered by Biblioctopus
First edition
London: Hodgson, 1855. First Edition. First English edition, preceded by the Philadelphia and New York editions. Small, unobtrusive bookplate to the front paste down, internally clean, original cloth, with a few marks and light rubbing, else near fine. Dumas' historical romance of the affair surrounding the necklace attributed to Marie Antoinette, much closer to the truth than is la Motte's the primary conspirator . Item
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