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The Bastille, by Capt. the Hon. D. Bingham.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1888 Bingham
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bingham, D. (Denis), 1829-1897.
Contributor:
American Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Bastille.
Genre:
Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1901.
Physical Description:
2 v. illus. 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York, Scribner and Welford, 1888.
Contents:
Vol I.
The building of the bastille
Construction of the bastille
The archives
Regulations
The prisioners
Compared with tower and with newgate
French and english governors
French institutions
Charles VI., 1380-1422
Sir J. falstaff, Lord Willoughby D' Eresby
Louis XI
Henri IV
Marie de Medicis
Louis XIII
The Fonde-Conte de rieux
Mazarin
The archives under Mazarin
Louis XIV
Maupeou
Luxembourg
Vanbrugh. Vol II. The ducs D'estrees and Mortemart and the comte d'harcourt
Richelieu
Lenglet du Fresnoy
Abbe Fleur
Resseguier
1760
1770
1780
Closing scenes
Accouts given by the "Gentleman's Magazine"
Various opinions
What became of some of the heroes of the drama
Anniversaries, songs, etc
The demolition
Prisions and punishments since the fall of Bastille.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Red cloth binding with gold pictorial design and title in gold.
Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.
Cited in:
Minsky, Richard. American decorated publishers' bindings, 1872-1929 (electronic resource), v. 1, pg. 75
OCLC:
1685266

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