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Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos au Marquis de Sevigne
by [DAMOURS, Louis]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Chez Francois Joly, 1750. In two volumes. [2], xii, 186; [2], 200pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, engraved title pages to both volumes, and a final errata leaf to Vol. II. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Extremities stained and sunned, a trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, margins lightly browned, else internally clean and crisp. The first edition of an epistolary novel that purports to be a collection of correspondence by courtesan, salonniere, and patron of the arts, Anne 'Ninon' de Lenclos (1620-1705) to Madame de Sevigne. The work is commonly attributed to Louis Damours (1720-1788); though contemporary critics, most notably Voltaire, incorrectly assumed the author to be Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon (Ninon notably provided funds in her will for a young Voltaire to purchase books). The novel proved remarkably popular and was frequently reprinted and translated into several European languages, including the English translation by Elizabeth Griffith, who assumed the letters to be genuine. . First edition. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ19521
- Title
- Lettres de Ninon de l'Enclos au Marquis de Sevigne
- Author
- [DAMOURS, Louis]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Chez Francois Joly
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1750
- Keywords
- Literature
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Sunned
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- 12mo
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- Errata
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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