BUTLER, Mlle de (assumed name) - Les Mémoires et Avantures d - Lot 251

BUTLER, Mlle de (assumed name) - Les Mémoires et Avantures de Mademoiselle de Butler remplis d'evenemens très interessans. By Mr. de***. London (Paris), 1747. 2 parts in one vol. in-16, 2 engraved titles with seascape, 156, 168 pp. yellowed paper, stamp, contemporary marbled fawn calf, coat of arms in center of boards, ornate ribbed spine, upper hinge cracked, headbands faded, corners dull. GAY III, 164. Appears to be based on or the same work as that mentioned by Jones (p. 75) under the title : L'Orpheline angloise, ou l'Histoire de Nency Buthler, écrite par elle-même. The Hague, 1741. In-16, 324 pp. The heroine of the memoir is also called Nency. With the coat of arms of Marie-Jean Louis de Riquet, known as the Marquis de Caraman (1731-1806), knight of the Order of Saint-Louis and brigadier of the King's armies (O-H-R pl. 28, iron no. 3). Bookplate and cipher of Henri Monod.