Les sept vertus, ou science du bonheur

First illustrated edition with 6 lovely hand-colored and gummed engravings by Lassalle.
Publisher's binding in orange velvet. Smooth spine with plaque featuring leaves and lozenges. Floral plaque with bird on boards with central rocaille medallion. Velvet wear at headcaps. Some leaves slightly protruding. Beautiful paper freshness with some scattered foxing.
Very handsome copy. Beautiful specimen of this romantic book-object.
Series of tales or stories in several chapters intended to illustrate the seven virtues. These educational stories were written for young people. Hermance Lesguillon, known as Madame Hermance, was the wife of Jean Lesguillon, a writer and poet like his spouse. Hermance's works are characteristic of a 19th-century woman of letters' career, much of which was devoted to moral education.