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Leather. Condición: Very Good Indeed. Lorieux Ilustrador. The lovely Carnavale edition of the iconic French literary figure's letters, including three hundred previously untranslated letters, bound in half red morocco. The prized Carnavale edition The Letters of Madame de Sévigné, a newly re-edited , revised and corrected edition of the French literary icon's correspondence, including over three hundred letters not previously translated into English, limited to fifteen hundred and fifty sets. Complete in seven volumes, with an introduction by American industrialist and book collector A. Edward Newton. If half red morocco, half red cloth boards. Considered among the best collections of letters written, de Sévigné's letters are particularly applauded for both their sincerity and spontanaeity. In gripping conversational tone, we learn much of gossip and events surroudning Louis XIV's reign, while also enjoying her brilliant wit. - Vol. I: Letters nos. 169-331 (1672-1675). Contains a frontispiece, and all three plates. Collated complete. - Vol. II: Letters nos. 169-331 (1672-1675). Contains a frontispiece, and all three other plates. Collated complete. - Vol. III: Letters nos. 332-471 (1675-1676). Contains a frontispiece, and all three other plates, including a folding facsimile. Collated complete. - Vol. IV: Letters nos. 472-619 (1676-1680). Contains a frontispiece, and all two other plates. Collated complete. - Vol. V: Letters nos. 620-752 (1680-1686). Contains a frontispiece, and all two other plates. Collated complete. - Vol. VI: Letters nos. 753-922 (1686-1689). Contains a frontispiece, and all two other plates. Collated complete. - Vol. VII: Letters nos. 923-1079 (1689-1696). Contains a frontispiece, and all three other plates. Collated complete. If half red morocco, half red cloth boards. Externally, smart. with light fading to cloth extremities and a couple of faint marks. Slight rubbing to edges and to joints, a little heavier to I and VI front joints. Slight bumping to the extremities, and to the heads and tails of spines of III and IV, with very minor loss to morocco. Marble end papers are bright and clean. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. book.