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[BRET], Mémoires sur Sur La Vie De Mademoiselle De Lenclos , 1751

Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 

[BRET, Antoine]. 

Mémoires sur la Vie De Mademoiselle De Lenclos. 

Amsterdam, François Joly, 1751.

Three parts in one 12mo (168x94 mm), (4)-viii- 120 pages and portraict in frontispiece / (2)-viii-120 pages / (2)-128 pages.  binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt flat spine. Headcap worn. 

Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 

Edition given the same year as the first edition.
Ninon de Lenclos was a courtesan, a woman of wit, a letter writer and a French woman of letters. A cultured and independent aristocrat, she hosted a salon on rue des Tournelles in Paris which brought together the great minds of the time, men and women alike.

The first part is a biography, the other two parts consist of correspondence with the Marquis de Sévigné.

references: Gay [II, 828 :"Ces lettres, attribuées à Damours, seraient de Crébillon fils, d'après Voltaire"].

provenance: Bookplate and owner stamp.

Price : 75 €

Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
Photo [BRET, Antoine]. 
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