CASTELLANE, Sophie de. Boniface-Louis-André de Castellane. 1 - Lot 35

CASTELLANE, Sophie de. Boniface-Louis-André de Castellane. 1758-1837. Paris, Plon, 1901. In-8, taupe half-chagrin, spine ribbed, decorated with gilded small irons, gilded inscription "offert par Madame la Comtesse de Beaulaincourt née Castellane" on front cover, gilded edges. 2 ff.n.ch. - 378 pp. - 1 f.n.ch., 23 plates in black. Spine unstained, some wear to head and spine ends, three corners worn. A rare off-market copy of the biography of the first Maréchal de Castellane (1758-1837), who was in turn a colonel under the Ancien Régime, a Freemason, Bonaparte's prefect in the Pyrénées Atlantiques, a supporter of the Restoration and a peer of France. Complete with 5 photogravure portraits and 18 black offset plates. Sophie de Castellane (1818-1904), comtesse de Beaulaincourt de Marles, puts her talents as a woman of letters at the service of her father's memory. A fine copy offered by the author.