Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de. Lettres et mémoires de Madame de Maintenon (ed. Angliviel de La Baumelle). 15 in 5 volumes. The Hague & Leiden, Gosse & Luzac, 1757. 17 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary leather bindings with rich spine gilt (covers with superficial worm damage). Early reprint of the first editions "Amsterdam, Aux Depens de L'Auteur/Editeur", for the Mémoires 1755 (6 vols.), Lettres 1756 (9 vols.). - Cf. Tchemerzine VII, 336/338 - With the series titles cited and all individual volume titles; the two portraits added to the first printing of the Mémoires are not included in this edition according to comparative copies. - Clean, beautifully bound set. VAT: *

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