La Contesse H. de Reinach-Foussemagne, Une Fidele; La Marquise de Lage de Volude (1754-1842); [Countess H. de Reinach, The Marquise de Lage de Volude (1754-1842)]. This book chronicles the life of a highly intellihgent woman of noble birth, who from 1780 onwards, both in France and abroad, was an unyielding emigre. It provides details about the terror of the French Revolution in Bordeaux. It also contains biographies of other French noble exiles. Preface by Marquis Costa de Beauregard of the Academy Frabcaise (Paris: Perrin & C0., 1908). Sewn cream softcover as issued, 1st ed., 448 uncut pp. with rough cut edges, frontispiece and 12 b/w ills., facsimiles, footnotes, references, appendices index, and table of contents. Gift inscription in French ["in testimony of friendly fellowship"] on the half title page; former owner's bookplate on front end page; Covers, spine and outer edges of pages darkened; top and bottom of spine chipped; darkened; front hinge loosening but holding; pages have some foxing; generally good for age.
See: Rosena Davson, Time and Exile: The Case of Mme La Marquise de Lage de Volude, Lumen (Selected Proceedings from the Canadian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies). 19 (1999), 69-82.
This book has been selected by scholars as being culturally important.