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LENORMAND, MARIE-ANNE ADÉLAÏDE. Group of 7 works in 8 volumes, signed by le normand on verso of half-titles in all but L'Ombre Immortelle de Catherine II. 8vo, modern buckram, original wrappers bound in; contents generally quite clean apart from marginal dampstaining in Souvenirs Prophétiques; uncut. Paris, 1814-31
first editions. Lenormand (1772-1843) was the most famous fortune-teller of her time, advising the Empress Josephine and many other European notables. Caillet 6517, 6518, 6511, 6516, 6513, 6512, 6514. Les Souvenirs Prophétiques d''une Sibylle, sur les Causes Secrètes de son Arrestation, le 11 Décembre 1809. Engraved frontispiece. 1814. the author''s first book; the second half consists of notes containing a wealth of information on occultists and occult literature La Sibylle au Congrès d''Aix-la-Chapelle, suivi d''un Coup-d''Oeil sur celui de Carlsbad. Lithographed frontispiece and 6 engraved plates. 1819 Mémoires Historiques et Secrets de l''Impératrice Joséphine. 6 engraved plates. 2 volumes. November 1820 Souvenirs de la Belgique, Cent Jours d''Infortunes; ou, Le Procès Mémorable. Lithographed frontispiece portrait. October 1822 L''Ombre Immortelle de Catherine II au Tombeau d''Alexandre 1er. Engraved title. 4 February 1826 L''Ombre de Henri IV au Palais d''Orléans. January 1831. with an als from le normand presenting this copy to an unnamed Count (Anatole de Montesquou?). One page with integral blank, 4to. Paris, 1 January 1831 Le Petit Homme Rouge au Chateau des Tuileries, la Vérité à Holy-Rood, Prédictions, etc. 30 July 1831. with an als from le normand presenting this copy to Count Anatole de Montesquou. One page with address leaf, 8vo. Paris, 7 August 1831.
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