Camille, ou lettres de deux filles de ce siècle. Traduites de l'anglois sur les originaux

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 enjoyed a certain renown, in France and in Switzerland. Camille is a novel where psychological analysis plays a major role, we see the romantic journey of two friends who are complete opposites, one is thoughtful and reasoning, melancholic, the other prides herself on simplicity and gaiety and sees no interest in reflection. The most loving will not be the one we think. The work is interesting not only because we follow the character of two young girls and their sentimental adventures but because it exposes the condition and life of educated young girls at the end of the 18th century.