Description
Letters from the Marchioness De Sevigne, to Her Daughter the Countess De Grignan, Translated from the French of the last Paris Edition, Volumes 3-10, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne, J. Coote, London, 1764, 288pp, 296pp, 274pp, 287pp, 260pp, 262pp, 260pp, 264pp, leather, 4 x 7”, 18mo Fair condition. All boards show some level of wear and scuffing. Tips are bumped with exposed boards and edges are scuffed. Volume numbers are still legible on spines. Chipping and cracking to spines. Some volumes have exposed binding at headcap and/or tail. Spines of volumes 3 and 6 are cracked. All joints show some level of cracking. Bookplate for Major R.S. Seton on front pastedowns of all volumes. 23/24 of volume 5 is torn, but text is still legible. Speckling to fore edges. Toning and age-staining throughout textblocks. Please see photos. Please note that this listing includes volumes 3-10 of a 10 volume set. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne (5 February 1626 - 17 April 1696), also widely known as Madame de Sevigne or Mme de Sevigne, was a French aristocrat, remembered for her letter-writing. Most of her letters, celebrated for their wit and vividness, were addressed to her daughter, Francoise-Marguerite de Sevigne. She is revered in France as one of the great icons of French 17th-century literature. FORN-XXXX-XXXX-BB-0424-JC550
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