113 - GENLIS (Stéphanie Félicité de Crest de Saint-Aubin, Countess of). Unpublished Memoirs (...) on the 18th Century and the French Revolution, from 1756 to the Present. Paris, Ladvocat, 1825. 10 in-8 volumes, half tan sheepskin, plain spine with decorative lettering. Spine faded.

GENLIS (Stéphanie Félicité de Crest de Saint-Aubin, Countess of). Unpublished Memoirs (...) on the 18th Century and the French Revolution, from 1756 to the Present. Paris, Ladvocat, 1825. 10 in-8 volumes, half tan sheepskin, plain spine with decorative lettering. Spine faded. 2 insert portraits of the Countess of Genlis (at age 25 and age 80). First edition, by the Countess of Genlis (1746–1830), governess to the children of the Duke of Chartres—including Louis-Philippe—and friend of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and Talleyrand. ENRICHED COPY featuring 5 handwritten lines signed by the Countess de Genlis, written on the last blank folio of Volume I: “Me! Offer my handwriting to the public! Just think, my dear Ladvocat, how I’ve mocked this new custom; but after all, if you think these tiny, fly-like scribbles—drawn by an octogenarian hand, without the aid of glasses or lenses—have a certain charm, and especially if it pleases you, do as you please. Good morning, my dear Ladvocat, don’t forget to come this evening. D. Countess de Genlis. December 22, 1825.” Enclosed are four other texts by Madame de Genlis in an identical binding: 1/ A Rustic House for the Education of Youth, or The Return to France of an Emigrated Family. Paris, Maradan, 1810. 3 volumes. First edition. “A work containing all the necessary instructions for building a country house, furnishing it, and establishing a chapel, a library, a laboratory, a natural history cabinet, a garden of common plants, etc. ; and all the details concerning the construction of a farmhouse, domestic economy, and all matters of cultivation." 2/ Historical and Literary Botany (...) followed by a short story titled: Flowers, or the Artists. Paris, Maradan, 1810. Contains “all the characteristics, anecdotes, and superstitions relating to flowers mentioned in sacred and secular history.” 3/ On the Influence of Women on French Literature, as Patrons of the Arts and as Authors (...). Paris, Maradan, 1811. First edition. 4/ The Paintings of Count de Forbin, or The Death of Pliny the Elder, and Inès de Castro. Paris, Maradan, 1817. First edition illustrated with 2 line engravings as inserts