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[CARON (Julie)]. L'Existence réfléchie, ou Coup d'œil moral sur le prix de la vie. Paris, Belin et Desenne, 1784. Small in-12 red morocco, smooth spine finely decorated, title page in green morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, small gilt coat of arms in the center, gilt edges, gold filleted edges, interior roulette, paper endpapers with semis of gilt stars. Rare work by Julie Caron, Beaumarchais' sister (Barbier II, 373: "This is an extract from Young's Nights and Hervey's Meditations. According to M. Boulliot, the author is DEMANDRE, maître en géographie [...] M. de Loménie, in a note in 'Beaumarchais et son temps', tome I, p. 46, claims to have seen Julie CARON's manuscript, entirely in her own hand, and accompanied by the censor's visa.") A very fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Louis Antoine Auguste de ROHAN-CHABOT, known as the Comte de Chabot, Comte de Maillé-la-Marche then Duc de Chabot (1733-1786). (O.H.R. 2037.)

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[CARON (Julie)]. L'Existence réfléchie, ou Coup d'œil moral sur le prix de la vie. Paris, Belin et Desenne, 1784. Small in-12 red morocco, smooth spine finely decorated, title page in green morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, small gilt coat of arms in the center, gilt edges, gold filleted edges, interior roulette, paper endpapers with semis of gilt stars. Rare work by Julie Caron, Beaumarchais' sister (Barbier II, 373: "This is an extract from Young's Nights and Hervey's Meditations. According to M. Boulliot, the author is DEMANDRE, maître en géographie [...] M. de Loménie, in a note in 'Beaumarchais et son temps', tome I, p. 46, claims to have seen Julie CARON's manuscript, entirely in her own hand, and accompanied by the censor's visa.") A very fine copy bearing the coat of arms of Louis Antoine Auguste de ROHAN-CHABOT, known as the Comte de Chabot, Comte de Maillé-la-Marche then Duc de Chabot (1733-1786). (O.H.R. 2037.)

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