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Unpublished letters by Madame de Sévigné, collected by Ju…

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[ILLUSTRé COLLECTION] Unpublished letters by Madame de Sévigné, collected by Judith GAUTIER and illustrated by Madeleine LEMAIRE. Paris, A la marquise de Sévigné éditeur, 1913, Devambez imprimeur. One volume, large in-4°, paperback. Illustrated with ten off-text color engravings by Madeleine Lemaire and numerous sepia illustrations in the text, and a frontispiece portrait of Madame Sévigné engraved by Devambez. Edition of 1,200 numbered copies, numbered 66 on "Normandy Vellum France" wove paper, signed by the author and illustrator. This copy was given to Monsieur Lintilhac, with the inscription "Hommage de la Chocolaterie de Royat 'A la Marquise de Sévigné' à Monsieur Lintilhac" and the mailing card "Mr et Mme Rouzaud présentent leurs respectueuses salutations à Monsieur Lintilhac". (loose leaf, cover unstained and soiled). This copy was probably sent to Eugène LINTILHAC (Aurillac 1854-1920) literary figure and senator for the Cantal region.

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SÉVIGNÉ (Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de). Recueil des Lettres de Madame la marquise de Sévigné à Madame la Comtesse de Grignan, sa fille. New edition. Paris, Rollin, 1738. 6 vol. in-12 marbled calf, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). 2 engraved frontispiece portraits. Covers and corners worn, some headpieces missing, beginning of a split at the spine, one section detached in volume 5.

Estim. 8 000 - 10 000 EUR

[Letters from Madame de Sévigné] "Portefeuille de M. le Comte de Bussy-Rabutin". Manuscript, ca.1700, in-12 (17.5*11.5cm), approx.320p (unpaginated). Exceptional manuscript of Bussy-Rabutin's correspondence, including 35 letters between Bussy and Madame de Sévigné, copied at the time from the Langeac manuscript, Bussy-Rabutin's autograph copy of his correspondence for his daughter. Our copy is a partial copy of the Langeac manuscript. Although the Langeac manuscript was used for Monmerqué's famous 1818 edition, it seems that he didn't use it all, since when it went on sale in 1823, it fetched a considerable price for its time - 300 francs - and was bought by the bookseller Dalibon, who produced his own edition the same year. The Langeac manuscript recently went on sale (Paris, Sotheby's, July 4, 2023, no. 3). Our manuscript contains a total of 65 items, mainly correspondence (see details below), and begins with a copy of the letter to his daughter, indicated as a dedicatory epistle in the entry for the Langeac manuscript: "You wished, my dear daughter, that I give you a collection of what your aunt de Sévigné and I have written to each other. I approve of your desire, and praise your good taste: nothing is more beautiful than Madame de Sévigné's letters; the pleasant, the banter and the serious are admirable in them; one would say she was born for each of these characters [...] As for what is in this collection, my dear daughter, I will not speak of it; I hate the airs of vanity and even more those of false modesty [...] All delicate people would have pleasure in reading it, if it were seen in our time [...] ". Note that this collection contains no letters after 1679, whereas the Langeac collection ends in 1692. The Marquise de Coligny published letters as early as 1697. We can legitimately assume that this manuscript was copied at this time for distribution to friends. However, apart from our copy and the Langeac copy, we have not identified any other early copies. Some of Bussy-Rabutin's letters appear to have remained unpublished. Provenance : - undetermined auction, early 19th century (1811?), n°1865. Memorandum preserved, pasted on the flyleaf, pencil note indicating a price of 124 francs. - Charles-Gilbert Morel de Vindé (1759-1842) : Sale in Paris, Hôtel de Bullion, March 17, 1823, no. 2349. Sold for 300 francs. - François-Denis Dalibon (1794-1853), bookseller, who acquired it at the Morel-Vindé sale, in order to publish the unpublished letters (Lettres de Madame de Sévigné, de sa famille et de ses amis. Paris, Dalibon, 1823). High-quality binding in the style of Luc-Antoine Boyet. Full midnight-blue Jansenist morocco, lined with red morocco, roulette trim on spandrels and edges, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Slight wear to edges, spine slightly faded, paper uniformly yellowed. Exceptional pre-publication manuscript of Madame de Sévigné's letters, one of only two known. List of letters and pieces contained in the collection. The dates are indicated in pencil, probably by Dalibon; the numbers are those of the Hachette edition (1862): 1 Bussy to his daughter, the Marquise de Coligny. 2 Sévigné to Bussy, March 15, 1647 [1648, incorrectly dated by Bussy] (n°7). 3 Sévigné to Bussy, November 25, 1655 (no. 36). 4 Sévigné to Bussy, July 26, 1668 (no. 80). 5 Bussy to Sévigné, July 29, 1668 (no. 81). 6 Sévigné to Bussy, August 28, 1668 (no. 84). 7 Bussy to Sévigné, August 31, 1668 (no. 85). 8 Sévigné to Bussy, September 4, 1668 (no. 86). 9 Bussy to Sévigné, May 16, 1669 (no. 93). 10 Sévigné to Bussy, June 4, 1669 (no. 94). 11 Sévigné to Bussy, June 9, 1669 (no. 97). 12. sevigné to Bussy, august 8 [1st] 1669 (n°100). 13 Sévigné to Bussy, July 6, 1670 (no. 110). 14. sevigné to Bussy, February 16, 1671 (no. 135). 15 Corbinely to Bussy, May 16, 1672 (no. 275). 16 Bussy to Sévigné, March 20, 1674 (no. 379). 17 Sévigné to Bussy, September 5, 1674 (no. 385). 18 Sévigné to Bussy, August 6, 1675 (no. 424). 19) Sévigné to Bussy, October 9, 1675 (no. 455). 20 Sévigné to Bussy, October 13, 1677 (no. 662). 21 Sévigné to Bussy, November 3, 1677 (no. 668). 22 Bussy to Sévigné, November 6, 1677 (no. 669). 23 Sévigné to Bussy, December 8, 1677 (no. 671). 24 Corbinely to Bussy, February 8, 1678 (no. 681). 25 Bussy to Sévigné, February 23, 1678 (no. 684). 26 Sévigné to Bussy, June 20, 1678 (no. 693). 27 Bussy to Sévigné, June 29, 1678 (no. 696). 28 Sévigné to Bussy, December 18, 1678 (no. 709). 29 Sévigné to Bussy, May 29, 1679 (no. 716). 30 Bussy to Sévigné, June 10, 1679 (no. 718). 31 Sévigné to Bussy, June 27, 1679 (no. 720). 32 Mme de Colligny to Sévigné, July 6 [4?] 1679 (no. 721). 33. letter from Fontenelle to a demoisel

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Letters from Madame de Sévigné. Letters from Madame de Sévigné. With notes by all commentators. 5 volumes. Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères. 1853 Spine scratched and small tears. As new.

Starting price 50 EUR

[THE PLÉIADE] [LA PLÉIADE] Madame de Sévigné: - "Lettres", 3 vols. - Correspondence", 3 vols. 6 vol. in all.

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