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PEREY, Lucien and Gaston Maugras. Une Femme Du Monde Au XVIII Siecle. Dernieres Annees De Madame D'Epinay Son Salon et Ses Amis D'Apres Des Lettres et Des Documents Inedits Par...
Paris: Calmann, Levy, Editeur, 1883. Third edition. (First published in 1883, it was preceded in 1882 by a volume titled ‘La Jeunesse de Madame d'Epinay” which covered the earlier part of her life and correspondence.) Tall 8vo., contemporary blue morocco spine, marble boards, raised bands, elaborate gilt compartments, t.e.g., (xii), 607pp. Prelims browned o/w a fine copy.
Louise Florence Petronille Taridue d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, French writer and ‘saloniste' known for her liaisons with Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm and Jean-Jacques Rousseau as well as her association with Diderot and other figures of the French Enlightenment. $250