Jeanne-Marie LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT

Charming edition illustrated with a frontispiece, a framed title and 9 half-page illustrations, reproducing vignettes by Fokke after De Sève - with the final illustration for L'Adroite Princesse, newly added. 

Complete with the Épître dédicatoire by P. Darmancour [Charles Perrault] to 'La Grande Mademoiselle', Anne-Marie d'Orléans, cousin of Louis XIV.

Half-sheep binding, smooth spine ruled in gilt, and a diagonally stamped gilt title. Beige paper boards, speckled edges. Small paper defect in the margin of page 75, scattered foxing, a small brown stain affecting the illustration of Cinderella. A name written in ink in the lower margin of page 21.
 
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First edition published anonymously and presenting the correspondence as real.
Full brown marbled and glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Spine rubbed with some cracking. 2 corners slightly bumped, 2 others rubbed.
Epistolary novel in which a young girl destined for retreat finds herself married against all expectations. The narrative encounters numerous intrigues and twists. This is a moral and educational work in which the author, through the character of Madame Du Montier, addresses the education of girls. Pedagogy held a significant place in the work of Madame Le Prince de Beaumont, who was a governess and author of numerous...