Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de SEVIGNE
Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné a Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille
Nicolas Simart • Chez Nicolas Semard • chez Rollin (volumes V and VI)|à Paris 1734|9.50 x 16.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
Paris, Nicolas Simart, 1734, and Rollin fils, 1737. Six duodecimo volumes.
First official edition, largely in first printing, of the Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné à Madame la comtesse de Grignan, sa fille, edited by Denis-Marius Perrin under the supervision of Pauline de Simiane, the author's granddaughter. The first four volumes were published by Nicolas Simart in 1734; the final two, completing the collection, by Rollin fils in 1737. The set contains 614 letters, all addressed to Madame de Grignan.
Two engraved portraits...
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