[LAFAYETTE (Madame de) - The Princess of Cleves - Paris; Claude Barbin, 1678 - 4 volumes in 1 volume In-12° - [4], 78, [1 blank] leaves, 76, 79, [1 blank], 79, [1 blank] pages - Some small scattered freckles and halos, yellowed leaves, small marginal loss on the leaf of pages 39-40 - Bound in contemporary tan basane (boards rubbed and spotted, a few small holes on the boards, 1 tear at the top of the 1st jaw, corners dull, 1st guard almost detached) - Spine with gold ribbing and titling (upper headband frayed, nerves rubbed) - Old handwritten bookplate repeated on the 1st title: Chaparon de Restoro - Rare date counterfeit of the original edition.

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