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[La Fayette, Marie Madeleine De].

La princesse de Monpensier.

Paris, Charles Osmont, 1681.,

750.00 €

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Author
[La Fayette, Marie Madeleine De].
Publishers
Paris, Charles Osmont, 1681.
Keyword
Literature prior to 1880
Languages
English

Description

Large 12mo. (8), 146 pp. Contemporary brown calf, traces of gilt leading edges. Later edition of the first published work of Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette (1634-93), first published in 1662: not only one of the first modern novels in any language, but also both the prototype and a masterpiece of the historical novel. - Binding professionally restored. An old deleted ink ownership to title-page. From the library of the French statesman and historian Gabriel Hanotaux (1853-1944) with his bookplate "Libro Liber" and initials "GH" to front pastedown. - OCLC 21105109.