SÉVIGNÉ, Marquise de — Letters from Madame Rabutin-Chantal, - Lot 116

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SÉVIGNÉ, Marquise de — Letters from Madame Rabutin-Chantal, - Lot 116
SÉVIGNÉ, Marquise de — Letters from Madame Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné, to Madame the Countess of Grignan, her daughter. The Hague, P. Gosse, J. Neaulme, 1726. 2 vols. in-12, (10) ff., 344 pp., (1) f. errata; (1) folio, 298 pp., (7) folios including the errata; pages 254 through 295 of Volume II are occupied by the catalog by Gosse and Neaulme, portrait added, small Light stains on the title page of vol. I, blue morocco binding, triple gold thread on the covers, decorated ribbed spine, internal dentation, gold edges. TCH V, 820, no. 3. “Partially original edition containing 39 more letters than previous editions. According to a note by Walckenaer, it was reportedly donated to The Hague by a man named J. J. Gendebien. The previously published letters contain numerous variations compared to the text of the Rouen edition. This edition is extremely rare.”
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