Add this copy of La Comtesse De Castiglione Par Elle-Meme (the Countess to cart. $2,353.50, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by RMN.
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New. 2711838757. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--Text in French. 192 pp. With 155 ills. (82 col. ). 28 x 22 cm. Description from the publisher: "The name of Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, is linked to Second Empire political and courtly intrigues, to the glamour of the Court at the Tuileries and to the splendour of a cosmopolitan Paris, the world capital of fashion and pleasure. Born in Florence in 1837, Virginia Oldoini married the Count Verasis de Castiglione very young. A cousin of Cavour and a close relation of Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, king of Piedmont, she was sent to Paris in 1856 to plead the cause of Italian unity with Napoleon III. Her arrogant beauty was a sensation at court. During the same year, she became the emperor's mistress. In 1857, after a heart-breaking rupture, she went back to Italy. She was not to come back to France to settle there permanently before 1861. Separated from her husband, she then had many liaisons in the world of finance, aristocracy and politics. After the fall of the Empire in 1870, she lived more and more secluded from the world, keeping around her an atmosphere of mystery, exciting the curiosity of Robert de Montesquiou who developed a real fascination on her. They were never to meet, but he collected numerous objects previously belonging to her. In 1913, he published a book entitled La Divine Comtesse. La Castiglione died in 1899, aged 62. Virginia de Castiglione left a real imprint on her epoch: photographs of her regularly illustrated publications of the time. She was behind some five hundred photographs made during a forty-year collaboration (1856-1895) with the photographer of the Imperial Court, Pierre-Louis Pierson (1822-1913)."--with a bonus offer--
Add this copy of La Comtesse De Castiglione Par Elle-Me^Me: Paris, Muse to cart. $173.00, very good condition, Sold by Half Moon Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Re´union des muse´es nationaux.
Add this copy of La Comtesse De Castiglione Par Elle-Meme to cart. $427.00, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Musee d'Orsay.
Edition:
Signed and inscribed to previous owner by Pierre Apraxine,
Publisher:
Musee d'Orsay
Published:
1999
Alibris ID:
17967456368
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VG (Wraps have mild shelf/edgewear; pages are clean; binding is solid. ) Sepia ill. wraps; inscription from exhibition director, Pierre Apraxine on half-title; 190 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Text in French. Survey of controversial and mysterious 19th century artistocrat and photographer, notable for her affair with Napolean and other leading men. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Paris, France: Musee d'Orsay, October 12, 1999 to January 23, 2000.
