ILLUSTRATIONS
Helene Meyer-Franck translation
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La Grande Mademoiselle Frontispiece
From a steel engraving.
Marie de Médicis6
From a steel engraving.
The Château of Versailles from the Terrace8
After the painting by J. Rigaud.
The Tuileries from the Seine in the 16th Century22
From a contemporary print.
Madame de Sévigné54
From an engraving of the painting by Muntz.
Cardinal Richelieu84
The Abbey of St. Germain Des-pres in the 16th Century110
From an old print.
Louis XIII., King of France and of Navarre152
From an old print.
Corneille168
From an engraving of the painting by Lebrun.
Racine182
From a steel engraving.
The Hôtel de Richelieu in the 17th Century204
From a contemporary print.
A Game of Chance in the 17th Century210
From an engraving by Sébastien Leclerc.
Marquis de Cinq-Mars212
Anne of Austria242
View of the Louvre from the Seine in the 17th Century254
From an old print.
Henriette, Duchesse d'Orléans258
From a steel engraving.
St. Vincent De Paul292
From a steel engraving.
Duchesse de Chevreuse300
Cardinal Mazarin320
Mademoiselle de Montpensier324
From a steel engraving.
The Tower of Nesle342
From a contemporary print.
Cardinal de Retz344
Madame de la Vallière366
From a steel engraving.
Vicomte de Turenne398
View of the Luxembourg (Later Called the Palais
d'Orléans) in the 17th Century410
From an old print.
La Rochefoucauld416
From a steel engraving.
Prince de Condé420
Duc d'Orléans422