LETTRES DE MADAME DE SEVIGNE - 12 VOL. SET (COMPLETE) by Madame de Sevigne - 1822

Cheez Bossange et Masson, 1818. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Half leather. Marbled covers. Front cover completely detached but present. Backstrip chipped at both ends. Covers are edgeworn. Heavy foxing throughout. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

Chez Bossange et Masson, 1818. Volume 5. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Half leather. Gilt lettering on the backstrip. Marbled covers. Some foxing throughout the text. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:

Paris: Chez Dalibon, 1823. Leather. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A selection of the correspondences of Madame de Sevigne, her family, and friends. A selection of the correspondences of Madame de Sevigne, her family, and friends. In French. 'Edition ornee de vingt-cinq portraits dessines par deveria, augmentee de plusiers lettres inedites, des cent cinq lettres publiees en 1814, par Klostermann, des notes et notices de geouvelle, et des reflexions de l'abbe de vauxelles.' Containing volumes 2, 6, 7 and 10. Illustrated with ten engraved plates. 'Precedes d'une nouvelle notice biographique sur Madame de Sevigne, et accompagnees de notes geographiques, historiques, politiques, critiques et de mouers.' Bookplate of Matilda Constance Ismay to front pastedown. Four volumes of twelve only. In half-calf bindings with paper-covered boards. Externally, sound, though with some rubbing and sunning. Wear to the heads and tails of the spines, and some slight loss to one backstrip.… Read More

Paris: Chez Lefevre, 1843. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". None. A six volume set of the vivid letters of Madame de Sevigne, in the original French and first edition. A complete six volume set, being first edition copies. In the original French. Madame de Sevigne was a French aristocrat who is most remembered for her letter writing with many of her letters addressed to her daughter Francoise Marguerite de Sevigne. Her letters are celebrated for their wit and vividness. She is considered a great icon of French 17th Century literature. These volumes contain the letters of Madame de Sevigne with notes and commentaries. With a frontispiece to the first volume.Collated, complete. From the Guille-Alles Library with a bookplate to the front pastedown. In half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally, smart with Library stickers to the spines and front boards, with a bookplate to the front pastedowns and stamps to the title pages and first pages, but not the title page of vol. 1.… Read More