Paris: Cosson, for Masson et Fils [et] Bossange Frères, 1826 ¶ Umpteenth edition, valued mainly for the portraits of Sévigné and Grignan. ||| Collation: Two volumes 12mo <in 8s and 4s> (157 × 102 mm). <v1: pp (pi)[1-4], [i] ii-clxxiv [clxxv-clxxvi], [1] 2-287 [288]. v2: pp [i-iv] [1] 2-424.> Illustration: Engraved frontispieces unsigned. Binding: Contemporary tree sheep gilt, marbled boards and edges. Condition: Scattered foxing, bindings rubbed. Reference: BN. Provenance: Beatrice Reiter Leval (1911–2004), of New York, picture-collector (Christie’s New York, 4–5 May 2005, nos. 8–14 &c)..

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Bookseller: Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L0091
Title: Lettres choisies de Mmes de Sévigné, de Grignan, de Simiane, et de Maintenon; précédées des réflexions de M. l'abbé de Vauxcelles, et accompagnées des notes historiques de M. Grouvelle
Author: Sévigné, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de, 16261696
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cosson, for Masson et Fils [et] Bossange Frères
Place of Publication: Paris
Date Published: 1826
Keywords: Sévigné Marie de Rabutin Chantal marquise de 1626-1696 Grignan Françoise Marguerite de marquise de comtesse de 1646 1705 Simiane Pauline de Grignan marquise de 1674 1737 Maintenon Françoise d\'Aubigné 1635 1719 Bourlet d
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Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts is a private, research-intensive rare-book dealer of forty years' experience in and around New York, specialized in exceptional books, manuscripts, and cultural property. Jay Dillon has been responsible for selling or appraising more than $100 million worth of books and manuscripts spanning some three thousand years. In 1989 Jay Dillon was the editor and principal author of a richly annotated catalogue that was hailed in the English press as one of the ten best books -- of any kind -- published that year. In 1994 he was invited to narrate the Discovery Channel program on the history of monopoly; and four years later he was consulted by the Zapruder family in connection with their famous film of the assassination of President Kennedy -- which, as it turned out, Mr Dillon valued more accurately than any other appraiser. The firm maintains a wide and productive network of relationships both among private collectors and in the trade; and we are currently engaged in building a number of outstanding private collections for our clients. Books and manuscripts offered to the public are mainly duplicates from our clients' libraries, or otherwise surplus to their needs. Our appraisal services include formal appraisals for insurance, estate-settlement, and tax purposes. For details please contact Dillonbook@AOL.com.

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12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Marbled boards: ...