Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Her Friends. An Enlarged Edition, Translated From The Paris Edition of 1806.
Book Description
9 volumes, 7" x 4-5/8", engraved frontis in volumes 1 & 2. Bound in contemporary 1/2 brown morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spines, all edges tinted red.
Dealer Notes
Mme de Sevigne's letters play an important role in the novel "In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust where they figure as the favorite reading of the narrator's grandmother, and, following her death, his mother.
Author
De SEVIGNE, Madame (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal)
Date
1811
Binding
Leather - hardcover
Publisher
London: for many, 1811.
Condition
Hinges fine, overall a VERY GOOD set.
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