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8 - AULNOY, Countess of] - Spanish Short Stories. Paris: Claude Barbin, 1692. 2 vols., in-12, (2) folios, 357 pp.; 352 pp., paper slightly yellowed, brown grained calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, 3 capitals worn down, small loss on the spine of vol. I.

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€200 - 300

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AULNOY, Countess of] - Spanish Short Stories. Paris: Claude Barbin, 1692. 2 vols., in-12, (2) folios, 357 pp.; 352 pp., paper slightly yellowed, brown grained calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, 3 capitals worn down, small loss on the spine of vol. I. TCH I, 212. LEVER 323. First edition. “Capitalizing on the phenomenal success of her works on Spain, she published *Spanish Tales* in 1692, gallant tales in which local color is scarcely evident, consisting solely of accounts of romantic love affairs and fantastical adventures, duels, abductions, violent passions, cuckolded husbands, stolen letters, and disguises.” V. Storer, *La mode contes de fées*, p. 20). Ex-libris by Ferdinand Brunetière.

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In Gratitude to Women in Literature—A Library Dedicated to Women's Literature
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
22, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 86,000 lots published

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