Lettres De Milady Juliette Catesby, A Milady Henriette Camply, Son Amie

Second edition, ostensibly published by the same publisher as the first in 1759, with the same collation. Novel published anonymously and purported to be translated from English (it would later be translated by Frances Brooke, with whom the author was acquainted).
Contemporary marbled sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. One corner bumped and worn. Rubbing.
Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni (1713-1792) was, after being a mediocre actress by necessity, a novelist highly appreciated in her time, to such an extent that her peers refused to acknowledge that the author was a woman. Her first novel was an immediate success and the following ones were even better received, praised for the fineness of style and interest of details, placing Madame Riccoboni among the best novelists of the 18th century.

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