194 - [CONSTANT de REBECQUE (Samuel)]. *Laure, or Letters from Some Swiss Women*.

[CONSTANT de REBECQUE (Samuel)]. *Laure, or Letters from Some Swiss Women*. Geneva, Barde, Manget; Paris, Buisson, 1786–1787, 7 volumes in-12. Green Russian half-leather, smooth spines, gilt fillets, yellow marbled edges. (Contemporary bindings).—A fine, fresh copy. Sober yet elegant bindings. Two misplaced quires in volume 5. First edition. This epistolary novel is set in Switzerland, blending romance and intrigue against a “rural” backdrop. Volume 7 is dated 1787; its page count increases from 240 to 281 with no missing pages. (Mylne 86.27 - Conlon XXII, 86.1033 - Quérard II, p. 273 - Barbier II, 1071).