SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de. Letters from Madame de - Lot 199

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SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de. Letters from Madame de - Lot 199
SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal de. Letters from Madame de Sévigné, her family and friends. Paris, Hachette et Cie (coll. "Les grands écrivains de France"), 1862-1866. 14 volumes in 15 volumes, blond half-basin, spines with guilloche, arches and asterisks in a double gilded frame on the entrenerfs, gold lettering on burgundy leather, gilded head, covers preserved. Approx. 500 pages per volume. Titles printed in black and red. Minor rubbing, slight white marks or browning on the leather of some volumes. Some foxing, more present in the margins, but not serious. Excellent edition of letters from Madame de Sévigné, her family and friends, collected and annotated by M. Monmerque. It was published in the collection "Les grands écrivains de France" edited by Adolphe Régnier. The first 13 volumes, published in 1862, contain all the letters (including 1 appendix volume for volume 12); volumes 13 and 14, published in 1866, feature a study by Sommer on Madame de Sevigné's Lexique de la langue. The album published in 1868 is missing. A fine, homogeneous set.
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