(Mere,E.G.B.de). The deer park or the: the seraglio... Lot 832

(Mere,E.G.B.de). The deer park or the: the seraglio of Louis XV. A gallery of secret memoirs of the young girls who were locked up in it for the amusement of Louis XV. 3 in 1 vol. Leipzig, Journal fur Leihbibliothekare, 1848-49. VI, 201, VI, 209, VI, 214 pp. Hardcover in cloth (rubbed). Fromm 17417. Hayn-G. IV, 280 - Second German edition of the work first published in 1834 as part of the series "Chronique scandaleuse des Pariser Hofes". - The French first edition was published in 1801-02 with the title "Pauline de Ferriere, ou histoire de vingt jeunes filles enlevees de chez leurs parents sous le regne de Louis XV". This was followed in 1822 by a new edition with a different title, "Le Parc aux Cerfs". - "Ce livre amusant et galant est peu connu. On y trouve, pressees dans un dialogue plein de vivacite, une foule d'observations tres fines et tres justes sur l'amour, la volupte, la vie de la cour etc." (Hayn-Gotendorf). - Elisabeth Guenard de Mere published under various pseudonyms: De Boissy, de Faverolles and J. H. B. Gellert. - Brown spotting.