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The Reign and Amours of the
Bourbon Régime
A Brilliant Description of
the Courts of Louis XVI,
Amours, Debauchery, Intrigues,
and State Secrets, including
Suppressed and Confiscated MSS.
List of Photogravure Illustrations
| Pierre de Bourdeille, Abbé and Seigneur de Brantôme | Frontispiece | |
| From an old engraving by I. Von Schley. | ||
| Page | ||
| François de Lorraine, Duc de Guise | 8 | |
| By François Clouet; in the Louvre. | ||
| Discourse | ||
| I. | Tomb of Louis XII. and Anne de Bretagne | 34 |
| By Jean Juste, in the Cathedral of Saint-Denis. The king and queen are carved as skeletons within the twelve columns; above they kneel at their prie-dieus, and the tradition is that the portraits are faithful. The cardinal virtues, Justice, Prudence, Temperance, and Fortitude, sit at the corners of the monument: the twelve apostles between the pillars; and round the base, between the virtues, are exquisite representations (not visible in the reproduction) of the king’s campaigns in Italy. | ||
| II. | Catherine de’ Medici, Queen of France | 44 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. | ||
| II. | Henri II., King of France | 52 |
| By François Clouet; in the Louvre. | ||
| II. | Ball at the Court of Henri III., with Portraits | 81 |
| Attributed to François Clouet; in the Louvre. See description in note to Discourse VII. | ||
| III. | Marie Stuart, Queen of France and Scotland | 90 |
| Painter unknown; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. | ||
| III. | The Same | 120 |
| School of the sixteenth century; Versailles. | ||
| V. | Henri IV., King of France | 166 |
| By Franz Pourbus (le jeune); in the Louvre. | ||
| V. | Élisabeth de France, Queen of Spain | 185 |
| By Rubens; in the Louvre. | ||
| V. | Coronation of Marie de’ Medici, With Portraits | 211 |
| By Rubens (Peter Paul); in the Louvre. See description in note to the Discourse. | ||
| VI. | François I., King of France | 224 |
| By Jean Clouet; in the Louvre. | ||
| VI. | Diane de France, Duchesse d’Angoulême | 232 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. | ||
| VII. | Isabelle d’Autriche, Wife of Charles IX. | 262 |
| By François Clouet; in the Louvre. | ||
| VII. | Charles IX., King of France | 271 |
| By François Clouet; in the Louvre. | ||
| VII. | Louise de Lorraine, Wife of Henri III | 280 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. | ||
| VII. | Henri III., King of France | 286 |
| School of the sixteenth century; in the Louvre. | ||