From David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since May 30, 1997
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In two volumes. First edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf, gilt, leather labels, (6), 272; 252pp. Upper hinge of volume one cracked, o/w a very good copy. Mme De Genlis [1746-1830] born near Autun and was a woman of "encyclopedic information with a mania for instructing others." She "captivated" society after marrying the Comte De Genlis, and became governess to the children of the Duchesse de Chatres; teaching them about the novel while writing and producing plays for their entertainment. Her husband was the first of the Girondins beheaded in 1793 (a fate subsequently shared by her lover Philippe-Egalite.) After the death of her husband she emigrated to England and Switzerland, where she supported herself by writing. "She lived on through the Restoration.one of the great ladies of the 18th century. She was an inexhaustible writer of popular romances which combined sentiment and sensation, morals and history." The above recounts the ill-fated romance between Jeanne de France, younger daughter of Louis XI, and Louis, duc d'Orleans, son of Charles, duc D' Orleans and Marie de Cleves. Seller Inventory # 32416
Bibliographic Details
Title: Palmyre Et Flaminie, Ou Le Secret.
Publisher: Chez Maradan, Librarie, Paris
Publication Date: 1821
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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