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Estelle, Roman Pastoral. Par M. de Florian, Lieutenant-Colonel de Dragons, et Gentilhomme de S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Penthivre, des AcadŽmies de Madrid, de Florence, de Lyon

by Florian, Jean-Pierre Claris de

Price: $295.00

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Good condition leather 2nd edition of one of the most important pastoral novels in French literature: Pub: 1788, 2nd Edition, l'imprimerie de Monsieur a Paris. The book is divided into six parts with a full page illustration at the start of each section. Estelle and the shepherd, NŽmorin, are in love but another shepherd, MŽril, has saved the life of Estelle's father. Estelle feels obliged to marry MŽril. The 3 x 5 inch tall, 295 page, leatherbound volume is full leather. All page edges are gilt. Endpapers are marble. The last 22 pages of the book are Notes followed by a listing of Florian's works. The front cover is separating. The back hinge is fragile. Cover corners are bumped. Parts of the leather are missing on the spine. A bookplate inside the front cover shows a turtle on a rock. A banner over the turtle reads: Festina Lente. The name at the bottom of the bookplate is: Walton Martin. Written in pencil along the margin of the first text page is: Beatrice Sarahan Binger '19. There are no other marks in the book. The binding is tight. The spine is square. Very little foxing. 1788, 2nd Edition, l'imprimerie de Monsieur a Paris. ; Illustrated; French text .