(Société de gens de lettres) 127 volumes Bibliothèque universelle des dames. (Paris), rue d'Anjou or Hôtel Serpente, 1785-1787. 127 volumes in-18. Full porphyry calf, straight fillet, fillet on the edges, all edges gilt. Good copies. Important set of this collection dedicated to women, divided into 11 classes: travels and atlases (20 volumes), history (30 volumes), theatre (13 volumes), novels (22 volumes), morals (17 volumes), mathematics (7 volumes), physics and astronomy (5 volumes), botany, chemistry, rural economy and physics of man (9 volumes), domestic medicine (2 volumes), music (2 volumes) Missing from our collection are the volumes of class 3 (grammar and mixtures of literature), and the volume of Physics of Women. The complete collections (154 volumes) are of great rarity. Well complete with the two atlas volumes containing 28 folding maps. (Placed in a box on the floor)