SÉVIGNÉ (Madame de). Collection of letters from Madame la Ma - Lot 28

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SÉVIGNÉ (Madame de). Collection of letters from Madame la Ma - Lot 28
SÉVIGNÉ (Madame de). Collection of letters from Madame la Marquise de Sévigné to Madame la comtesse de Grignan, her daughter. New edition. Paris, Rollin fils, 1738, 6 vols. in-12, portrait (Marquise de Sévigné), XXX-452 p.; title, 483-1bl. p.; title, 479-1bl. p.; title, 441-[39]-1bl. p.; portrait (Countess de Grignan), XIV-482-[5]-1bl. p.; title, 504-[42] p, full contemporary speckled brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated, title-pieces and greefs (several britches cracked, one of them with a small lack, several headpieces and corners rubbed, title-piece of the 4th vol. missing). Despite the defects, presentable ex.) Second edition reprinted from the first large original edition of the Lettres published in 1734 for the first 4 volumes; the publisher Rollin had then only published vol. 5 and 6 in 1737, which were added to the first 4 volumes of 1734. A year later he published the entire edition. This edition, in accordance with the first major original published between 1734 and 1737, contains 614 letters (the 2-volume edition of 1726 contained only 134). This edition was especially the first authorized edition.
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