L'HÉRITIER DE VILLANDON, Marie-Jeanne] - Bigarures ingénieus - Lot 406

L'HÉRITIER DE VILLANDON, Marie-Jeanne] - Bigarures ingénieuses, ou Recueil de diverses pièces galantes en prose et en vers (à la sphère). Suivant la copie de Paris, Jean Guignard, 1696. Pet. in-12, (4) ff. 352 pp, small light stain on title, shagreened calf, triple gilt thread on boards, smooth ornate spine, small loss at upper head, some epidermis. LACHÈVRE III, 420. LEVER 334. Contains five short stories. First published under the title Oeuvres meslées (1695). The last is entitled: Le Parnasse reconnoissant, ou le triomphe de Madame Des-Houlières, (dédié) à Mademoiselle de Scuderi. The other four were dedicated to Mademoiselle Perrault, Madame Le Camus, the Duchesse d'Epernon and the Comtesse de Murat. Marie Jeanne L'Héritier (1664-1734), Charles Perrault's niece, was much loved by the Duchesse de Longueville and very close to Madame Deshoulières. She was accepted as a member of the Académie des Ricovrati in Padua in 1692, and of the Académie des Jeux Floraux in 1696.