Adéle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur L'Education
by Stéphnie, comtesse de Genlis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Paris: M/ Lambert, 1782. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 3 volumes in green ruled calf, gilt spines in compartments, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with Lord Folkestone stamped on covers. Each with a fore-edge painting of women outdoors. Spines a little rubbed, edges slightly worn. Each with a label noting that they were donated to Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College along with a 1969 dated inscription noting the same.
Adéle et Théodore is an articulation of Madame de Genlis' educational theories written as an epistolary novel. She was influenced by Rousseau and, in turn, was very influential on Maria Edgeworths writings.
Provenance: Lord Folkestone (likely the 3rd, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Art & Design. Inventory No: 048122.
Adéle et Théodore is an articulation of Madame de Genlis' educational theories written as an epistolary novel. She was influenced by Rousseau and, in turn, was very influential on Maria Edgeworths writings.
Provenance: Lord Folkestone (likely the 3rd, William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor) Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Art & Design. Inventory No: 048122.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048122
- Title
- Adéle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur L'Education
- Author
- Stéphnie, comtesse de Genlis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M/ Lambert
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1782
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; Art & Design. NOISBN
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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