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Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné to her daughter, the Countess de Grignan
by SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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1801 1st ed Marie of Sevigne FAMOUS Letters French Society Salons EXQUISITE SET
Marie of Sevigne was a 17th-century French woman of letters, each of which were addressed to her daughter. These letters offer a thorough view into life in the 17th-century, those regarding public spas and bath houses are the most popular. Other letters deal with notable French political events such as the execution of Madame de Brinvilliers.
This rare 1801 first Sewell edition is complete with all seven volumes, bound in three separate tomes.
Item number: #11731
Price: $599
SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné to her daughter, the Countess de Grignan
London : J. Sewell, 1801. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 7 volumes in 3 tomes
o Vol. I – [2], xxi, [1], 239, [1]; [2], 263, [1]; [2], 112
o Vol. II – 113-312; [2], 316; 196
o Vol. III – 197-288; 292; 281, [1]
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~7in X 4.25in (17cm x 11cm)
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11731
- Title
- Letters from the Marchioness de Sévigné to her daughter, the Countess de Grignan
- Author
- SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Sewell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1801 1st ed Marie of Sevigne FAMOUS Letters French Society Salons EXQUISITE SETrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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