83 - LUSSAN (M.).

LUSSAN (M.). The Story of the Countess of Gondez. Paris, Pissot, 1751. 2 vols. in-12, red morocco leather, smooth, decorated spines, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with a coat of arms in the center, gilt roulette on the edges and corners, gilt edges. New edition of this epistolary novel. This text is often presented as a fictional autobiography typical of the 18th-century novel genre, in which the author portrays a noble heroine facing romantic and social trials. Written in the first person, the book recounts the countess’s adventures, passions, and misfortunes, offering a portrait of the customs and romantic relationships of the French aristocracy of the time. A precious copy in period morocco leather bearing the coat of arms of Marie Joséphine Louise of Savoy, Princess of Savoy and, through marriage, Countess of Provence and titular Queen of France. She was the wife of Louis-Stanislas of France, Count of Provence and the future Louis XVIII. (O.H.R. 2517.)