[Second original edition] Marquise De SEVIGNE Lettres de Marie-Chantal marquise de Sévigné à madame la comtesse De Grignan sa fille. Sans lieu, sans nom d'imprimeur, 1726, 2 volumes in 1 vol in-12 of 264pp and 228pp. Rouen" edition published in the year of the second first edition* (the first having been produced in a few copies in 1725). Bound in full calf with ornate ribbed spine. One corner very worn, headpieces missing, endpapers browned, traces of very light wetness, leaves 193/194 and 195/196 misplaced. * Some refer to this edition as a forgery, others to a variant of the original second edition published by the same publisher, in this case Thiriot. Tchemerzine; X-pp.320

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