Amelie

First edition of the translation and free adaptation by Madame Riccoboni.
Contemporary full blonde marbled and glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Traces of rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. A strip of discoloration at the top of the upper cover. Title page of the second part shorter at lower margin. Leaves 197 to 203 of the last part are shorter at upper margin. Good copy.
19th-century armorial bookplate of the Bauffremont family, illustrious family of feudal nobility originally from Lorraine, with its two mottos: Dieu ayde au premier chretien and Plus de deuil que de joye.
In the preface, the translator apologizes for her poor knowledge of the English language, a dictionary and a grammar having little helped her understand difficult passages, so she freely adapted many passages, the novel having become a hybrid composed by two authors, Fielding and Riccoboni. One will therefore not find the humor and satire so present in Fielding. Amelia is the last of the 4 novels written by Fielding. It tells the story of Amelia and Captain William Booth after their marriage.