Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1891. Two volumes. 181,204pp. Full vellum, gilt, gte. This edition, printed on Japan Paper, is limited to 250 copies of which this is No. 167. Illustrations drawn by Jules Garnier and engraved by A. Lamotte. Translated by Thomas Sergeant Perry. Mmd. de la Fayette was the acknowledged lover of the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-a love affair when both were ill, feeble & almost to the point of death. She was the first to introduce naturalness into fiction, according to the Preface by P. Laffitte. Bookplate, light spine rubbing, o/w very good.
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