Madame de GENLIS
Adèle et Théodore, ou lettres sur l'éducation
De l'imprimerie de M. Lambert|à Paris 1782|12 x 19.60 cm|3 volumes reliés
Second revised and first illustrated edition, the original having appeared several months earlier. Preface by the author who confesses to having spent 15 years of reflection on this work.
This edition is illustrated with 12 magnificent aquatint engravings, in mezzotint, within ornamental frames by Borel. This suite is extremely rare, it is not announced on the title page and is unknown to bibliographers. These engravings are captioned and were indeed made for this second edition, but no other copy of this second edition that we have encountered contains them. Absent from Cohen, Livres illustrés du XVIIIe siècle.
Full glazed porphyry calf binding. R
This edition is illustrated with 12 magnificent aquatint engravings, in mezzotint, within ornamental frames by Borel. This suite is extremely rare, it is not announced on the title page and is unknown to bibliographers. These engravings are captioned and were indeed made for this second edition, but no other copy of this second edition that we have encountered contains them. Absent from Cohen, Livres illustrés du XVIIIe siècle.
Full glazed porphyry calf binding. R
€900