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213 - MERLIN, Countess—The Pastimes of a Woman of the World. Paris: Ladvocat, 1838. 2 vols., in-8, lithographed portrait by Léon Noël, IV, 348, 366 pp., (1) f., a few foxing spots, red half-leather with corner caps, smooth spine with decoration, crowned MM monogram.
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MERLIN, Countess—The Pastimes of a Woman of the World. Paris: Ladvocat, 1838. 2 vols., in-8, lithographed portrait by Léon Noël, IV, 348, 366 pp., (1) f., a few foxing spots, red half-leather with corner caps, smooth spine with decoration, crowned MM monogram. First edition. The daughter of the Count of Mopox and Jaruco, born in Havana in 1789, she married General Merlin, a member of Joseph Bonaparte’s court, in Madrid. Settling in Paris in 1813, she surrounded herself with a brilliant circle of friends that included Chateaubriand, George Sand, Mérimée, Rossini, Balzac, Musset, and others. A large part of her “leisure time” was devoted to opera, in which she excelled as a soprano.
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