Letters From the Marchioness de Sevigne to Her Daughter The Countess de Grignan, Limited Edition

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Type: Sold Books
Price: 499.00

Author- Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise deIntroductory

Essay By Madame Duclaux (A. Mary F. Robinson)

10 Volumes/Complete

Limited Edition; 1000 copies

An exquisite, limited edition set of 10 volumes, published in London (Spurr & Swift, 1927) and beautifully found by Bangrski & Sutcliffe in three-quarter red Morocco over marbled boards. With gilt-border tooling, raised bands, gilt top edges, and matching silk markers, this set is as elegant as the content is timeless. Inside, the celebrated 17th-century correspondence of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696) unfolds: letters penned over decades to her daughter, the Francoise-Marguerite Sévigné, Countess de Grignan, offering a window into life, love, society and courtly intrigue under Louis XIV’s France. The rich depiction of 17th-century aristocratic life make these letters a masterpiece of French epistolary literature. This is a true fr collectors of French history, elegantly bound sets, and fine literature.

Condition: Fine

Size of each volume: 5 1/4” x 7 3/4”