Les Grandes Horizontales: The Lives and Legends of Four Nineteenth-Century Courtesans. by Rounding, Virginia - 2003.

London: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 2003. First Edition, First Printing Cloth AS NEW in FINE DJ 8vo (6-1/2 x 9-1/2), 337 pp including index and Bibliography arranged generally and also according to each woman, plus list of relevant or useful websites. The book is AS NEW in a Fine pictorial DJ (there is a bump on the front lower corner of the DJ, otherwise AS NEW). DJ protected in Bro-Dart cover. No other marks, scratches, or flaws in either book or DJ. 8 color and 14 B&W illustrations on 8 coated pages. Les Grandes Horizontales translates -- literally and somewhat crudely -- as "The Great Lays" -- Marie Duplessis Duams' model for La Dame aux camelias), Apollonie Sabatier (La Presidente), Cora Pearl, and Blanche de Paiva. These four ruled the roost of the demi-monde when courtesans to royalty, artists, composers, and writers were widely known as celebrities. Book Junkies is located in California.