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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Index of Art Sales Catalogs 1981-1985: Main index, October 7, 1984-December 23, 1985. Subject index
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Esther Happy
Author: Honoré de Balzac
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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"Esther Happy" is one of the four parts of the serial novel, "The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (also known as, "A Harlot High and Low,") a novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Lucien de Rubempré and Carlos Herrera (Vautrin) have made a pact, in which Lucien will arrive at success in Paris if he agrees to follow Vautrin's instructions blindly. Esther van Gobseck throws a wrench into Vautrin's best-laid plans, however, because Lucien falls in love with her and she with him. One night, however, the incredibly rich banker Baron de Nucingen spots Esther and falls deeply in love with her. When Vautrin realizes that Nucingen's obsession is with Esther, he decides to use her power as a tool to help advance Lucien by extrapolating the maximum amount of money from the Baron as possible. Something that will result in a series of tragic results...
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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"Esther Happy" is one of the four parts of the serial novel, "The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (also known as, "A Harlot High and Low,") a novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Lucien de Rubempré and Carlos Herrera (Vautrin) have made a pact, in which Lucien will arrive at success in Paris if he agrees to follow Vautrin's instructions blindly. Esther van Gobseck throws a wrench into Vautrin's best-laid plans, however, because Lucien falls in love with her and she with him. One night, however, the incredibly rich banker Baron de Nucingen spots Esther and falls deeply in love with her. When Vautrin realizes that Nucingen's obsession is with Esther, he decides to use her power as a tool to help advance Lucien by extrapolating the maximum amount of money from the Baron as possible. Something that will result in a series of tragic results...
Droll Stories
Author: Honore de Balzac
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736406053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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THE FAIR IMPERIA THE VENIAL SIN THE KING'S SWEETHEART THE DEVIL'S HEIR THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH THE HIGH CONSTABLE'S WIFE THE MAID OF THILOUSE THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU THE REPROACH THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT THE FALSE COURTESAN THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON THE SUCCUBUS DESPAIR IN LOVE PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY BERTHA THE PENITENT HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS INNOCENCE THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED
Publisher: anboco
ISBN: 3736406053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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THE FAIR IMPERIA THE VENIAL SIN THE KING'S SWEETHEART THE DEVIL'S HEIR THE MERRIE JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH THE HIGH CONSTABLE'S WIFE THE MAID OF THILOUSE THE BROTHERS-IN-ARMS THE VICAR OF AZAY-LE-RIDEAU THE REPROACH THE THREE CLERKS OF ST. NICHOLAS THE CONTINENCE OF KING FRANCIS THE FIRST THE MERRY TATTLE OF THE NUNS OF POISSY HOW THE CHATEAU D'AZAY CAME TO BE BUILT THE FALSE COURTESAN THE DANGER OF BEING TOO INNOCENT THE DEAR NIGHT OF LOVE THE SERMON OF THE MERRY VICAR OF MEUDON THE SUCCUBUS DESPAIR IN LOVE PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE CONCERNING A PROVOST WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE THINGS ABOUT THE MONK AMADOR, WHO WAS A GLORIOUS ABBOT OF TURPENAY BERTHA THE PENITENT HOW THE PRETTY MAID OF PORTILLON CONVINCED HER JUDGE IN WHICH IT IS DEMONSTRATED THAT FORTUNE IS ALWAYS FEMININE CONCERNING A POOR MAN WHO WAS CALLED LE VIEUX PAR-CHEMINS ODD SAYINGS OF THREE PILGRIMS INNOCENCE THE FAIR IMPERIA MARRIED
The Smell of Books
Author: Hans J. Rindisbacher
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472103830
Category : European literature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Demonstrates that sense of smell plays a significant role in the history of European literature
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472103830
Category : European literature
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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Demonstrates that sense of smell plays a significant role in the history of European literature
Tableaux et sculptures modernes, tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, objets d'art et de bel ameublement de la Haute Époque, XVIIe, XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, tapisseries, tapis d'Orient [Perrin, Royère & Lajeunesse, 1985].
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Tableaux, extrême-orient, art Persan, meubles, objets d'art; pièces d'or, bijoux anciens et modernes
Author: Jean-Marc Delvaux (Firm)
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Dessins et tableaux anciens, objets d'art d'Extrême-Orient, bronzes, appliques, lustres, sièges et meubles estampillés des maîtres ébénistes
Author: Etienne Ader, Commissaire-Priseur
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Pages : 0
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Dessins et tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, Haute Époque, sculptures, objets d'art et d'ameublement du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, tapis, tapisseries
Author: Thierry de Maigret (Firm)
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Pages : 0
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Antiquités, art d'orient, dessins et tableaux anciens, objets d'art et de bel ameublement, tapisserie, tapis ; 30 mars 2011
Author: Beaussant-Lefèvre Sarl
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Languages : fr
Pages : 63
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Pages : 63
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Extrême-Orient; tapis d'Orient; 1900, art dʹeco; meubles anciens, bijoux
Author: Hôtel Drouot
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