Antoine Nompar de Caumont, duc de Lauzun. From an engraving by Cazenave, after the picture by Rigaud<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: romanceofmonacoi00mayn_0 (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2Fromanceofmonacoi00mayn_0%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidromanceofmonacoi00mayn_0">The romance of Monaco and its rulers</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1910">1910</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorMayne__Ethel_Colburn___1941">Mayne, Ethel Colburn, -1941</a><br><b>Subjects</b>: <br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNew_York__John_Lane_company">New York, John Lane company</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorUniversity_Library__University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill">University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/romanceofmonacoi00mayn_0/romanceofmonacoi00mayn_0#page/n262/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/romanceofmonacoi00mayn_0">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidromanceofmonacoi00mayn_0">All Images From Book</a><br>
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