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Lot of 12 Correspondences of women - Lot 74
Lot of 12 Correspondences of women 1/ Du Deffand (marquise). - Complete correspondence with her friends President Hénault, Montesquieu, D'Alembert, Voltaire, Horace Walpole, classified in chronological order and without deletions, increased with unpublished letters to the Chevalier de l'Isle [...], followed by her various works and enlightened with numerous notes by M. de Lescure. Paris, Plon, 1865. 2 volumes in-8, green half-chagrin with corners, double cold fillet on the boards, spines with ornamented nerves, faded, a few pale freckles, label of the library of the castle of Lonray on the upper cover - [2 ff.], CCXL, 591 pp. ; [2 ff.], 794 pp., [1 f.], 2 portraits and 2 facsimiles. Mme Du Deffand corresponded with the elite men of letters of her time. She was not inferior to them and her style is considered as one of the purest of the 18th century. 2/ Lespinasse, Mademoiselle de. - Letters. With a biographical note by Jules Janin. Paris, Amyot, s.d. [1847]. In-12, red half-maroquin with corners, double cold fillet on the boards, spine decorated with cold caissons, freckles - [2 ff.], 593 pp. One of the most beautiful, if not the most beautiful love letters of the 18th century. Miss de Lespinasse was consumed by a man who was not worth it and towards whom she cried desperately "Let me love you and die". 3/ Sabran, countess of. Boufflers, Knight of. - Unpublished correspondence. 1778-1788. Collected and published by E. de Magnieu and Henri Prat. Paris, Plon, 1875. In-8, red half-maroquin with corners, double fillet on the boards, spine decorated with cold boxes, dispatch from H. de Magnieu - [2 ff.], XVI, 526 pp., [1 f.], portrait in frontispiece. 4/ Barthélémy, Cte Edouard de. - Les Correspondants de la marquise de Balleroy d'après les documents originaux de la Bibliothèque Mazarine. With notes and a historical introduction on the houses of Caumartin and Balleroy. Paris, Hachette, 1883. 2 volumes in-8, half blue morocco, spine slightly faded, speckled edges - [2 ff.], LXXXVII, 403 pp. ; [2 ff.], 596 pp. First edition. These letters cover the years 1705-1721 and were written by prestigious correspondents such as the count of Argenson, the baron de Breteuil, Caumartin de Boissy... 5/ Orleans, duchess of. - Complete correspondence of Madame duchess of Orleans born Princess Palatine, mother of the Regent. Entirely new translation by Mr. G. Brunet accompanied by a historical, biographical and literary annotation by the translator. Paris, Charpentier, 1886. 2 volumes in-12, blue half-maroquin with 5 nerves, crowned figure at the foot, covers preserved, freckles - [2 ff.], XVI, 488 pp. ; [2 ff.], 424 pp. The Palatine, who was not prone to delicacy, delivers unfiltered reflections on the court of Louis XIV. 6/ Euler. - Letters to a Princess of Germany on various subjects of physics and philosophy, accompanied by Condorcet's Praise of Euler, with an introduction and notes by Emile Saisset. Paris, Charpentier, 1859. 2 volumes in-12, brown half-chagrined, spine with fine gilt roulettes, speckled edges, brown spots - [2 ff.], XXVIII, 404 pp. ; [2 ff.], 412 pp. with vignettes in text. Laplace, who admired him, said "Read Euler, he is the master of us all". He was a master of the scientists of his time but also of cultivated amateurs like the princess of Anhalt-Dessau to whom he wrote more than 200 letters. The book that gathers them was a best-seller of scientific popularization for more than a century. 7/ Epinay, Madame d'.- Letters to my son. Reprinted from the Geneva edition, 1759. With an introduction by M. Challemel-Lacour. Paris, Sauton, 1869. In-12, blue half-maroquin with 5 nerves, rubbed edges, rubbed headbands, corners and spines, light marginal wetness - XLII, 199 pp. 8/ Créqui, marquise de. - Unpublished letters to Senac de Meilhan (1782-1789). Put in order and annotated by Mr. Edouard Fournier, preceded by an introduction by Mr. Sainte-Beuve
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