Samuel de CONSTANT
Camille, ou lettres de deux filles de ce siècle. Traduites de l'anglois sur les originaux
Chez Delalain|A Londres [London] • & à Paris 1785|9.30 x 16.30 cm|4 volumes reliés
First edition by Samuel Constant de Rebecque according to Barbier (Dictionnaire des anonymes).
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Brown morocco title label; black morocco volume label. Lacks to all headcaps. Upper joint of volume 1 cracked at head, lower joint with crack at foot. Upper joint of volume 3 cracked at head for 12 cm. Upper joint of volume 4 cracked at foot for 8 cm.
Swiss author born in Lausanne, the author devoted himself to a literary career after leaving the army, he made his name from 1783 with 3 sentimental and epistolary novels, then in vogue, which we find in Baculard d'Arnaud and whose origin goes back to Richardson. His 3 novels e
Contemporary full marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated. Brown morocco title label; black morocco volume label. Lacks to all headcaps. Upper joint of volume 1 cracked at head, lower joint with crack at foot. Upper joint of volume 3 cracked at head for 12 cm. Upper joint of volume 4 cracked at foot for 8 cm.
Swiss author born in Lausanne, the author devoted himself to a literary career after leaving the army, he made his name from 1783 with 3 sentimental and epistolary novels, then in vogue, which we find in Baculard d'Arnaud and whose origin goes back to Richardson. His 3 novels e
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