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SÉVIGNÉ (Madame de)
Recueil des lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné, à Madame la comtesse de Grignan sa fille. Nouvelle édition augmentée. Paris, Rollin, 1754. 8 volumes small in-12, red jansenist morocco, gilt title on spine, inner lace, gilt edges (Wendling). Published in the same year as the large in-12 edition with exactly the same text, the latter containing 772 letters including 133 new ones. It is adorned with 2 portraits, one of Madame de Sévigné engraved by Pelletier after Le Fèvre, the other of her daughter the Countess de Grignan, engraved by Aubert after Mignard. A fine copy. Volume II, small wormholes and gallery (partly restored) at the lower corners of the quires, especially affecting the last seven quires. Light, uniform foxing on some leaves.
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