LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT (Mme). Les Américaines ou... Lot 108
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LE PRINCE DE BEAUMONT (Mme). Les Américaines ou la preuve de la religion chrétienne par les lumières naturelles. Lyon, chez Pierre Bruyet Ponthus, 1770, 6 volumes in-12, contemporary full marbled basane, 5-rib spine decorated with a gilt roulette, gilt boxes decorated with gilt irons, red morocco title page, marbled edges; 331, 310, 310, 463, 389, 287-[8]pp. Small wormholes on 2 spines, slight chip to one headband, q. ff. a little browned, small tear not missing from title of T. I, good overall condition. RARE FIRST EDITION. Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, whose real name was Marie-Barbe Leprince, (1711-1776), was a famous woman of letters. She is the author of some seventy volumes of children's stories, such as Beauty and the Beast, which have become classics of children's literature. She was probably the great-grandmother of Prosper Mérimée. A FINE COPY IN AN ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY BINDING.
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