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GRAFFIGNY (Françoise de). LETTERS OF A PERUVIAN WOMAN. A Peine (Paris, 1747). Small in-12 of [2]-8-337 pages, light calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). First edition published without author's name. This epistolary novel which attacks religion, education, politics and especially the condition of women was put on the index in 1765. The author's name has been restored to the title by a contemporary hand, light spotting on the liminary leaves, spines cracked. (Barbier II, 1246).
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GRAFFIGNY (Françoise de). LETTERS OF A PERUVIAN WOMAN. A Peine (Paris, 1747). Small in-12 of [2]-8-337 pages, light calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). First edition published without author's name. This epistolary novel which attacks religion, education, politics and especially the condition of women was put on the index in 1765. The author's name has been restored to the title by a contemporary hand, light spotting on the liminary leaves, spines cracked. (Barbier II, 1246).
