Le livre rose, récits et causeries de jeunes femmes

The rare first edition.
Bound in contemporary half mottled sheep with small corners, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, raciné paper boards, contemporary bindings.
One joint partially cracked, a discreet dampstain to inner margin of volume 2, occasional light foxing. A narrow-margined copy.
Provenance: from the library of Tegernsee castle, property of Prince Charles-Theodore of Bavaria (1795-1875). Charles-Theodore of Bavaria, son of the first King of Bavaria Maximilian I, was "Generalfeldmarschall" and privy councillor to the King of Bavaria (Stamp "S.K.H.D Prinzen Carl V. Bayern Güter Administration Tegernsee").
A rare copy, of princely provenance, in strictly contemporary bindings.