Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Lettres de madame de Sévigné, de sa famille et de ses amis - Rare ensemble complet en 12 volumes
J.J. Blaise|Paris 1818|13.50 x 22.50 cm|12 volumes reliés
First critical edition, with some parts of the text in first edition, illustrated with 10 portraits, 17 views and 10 facsimiles as well as the coats of arms of the Sévigné, Bussy, Grignan and Simiane families as frontispiece to the first volume.
Bound in half red calf, spines with four fine raised bands set with gilt friezes decorated with gilt fleurons and typographical motifs, gilt friezes at head and foot, owner's name gilt at foot of spines, red paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, elegant contemporary Romantic bindings.
Some foxing, manuscript ownership inscriptions in black ink at head of title pages.
Our copy is complete with the eleventh and twelfth volumes
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