Sophie de Renneville - Mythologie des Demoiselles - 1830

Fascinating illustrated edition with 10 plates hors texte including a frontispiece of this didactic and literary work aimed mainly at educating young girls in the first half of the 19th century, which offers a methodical, accessible and elegant presentation of the main mythological beliefs of Ancient Greece and Rome -

The author undertakes to reveal to the female readers the world of the gods, goddesses, heroes and fabulous creatures that populate the ancient narratives, by adapting knowledge traditionally reserved for scholars to a cultivated but non-specialist audience -

The work presents the origins of the world according to the Ancients, the birth of the deities, the kinship ties that unite the members of the pantheon and the particular attributes of each god -

Jupiter appears as the sovereign of the heavens and men, Juno as the protector of marriage, Minerva as the embodiment of wisdom, Venus as the goddess of love, Mars as that of war, while Apollo, Diana, Mercury, Neptune and the other deities are described through their functions, their symbols and the legends associated with them -

Sophie de Renneville - Mythologie des Demoiselles - SD (circa 1820-1830) - Caillon -
337 Pages.

State: good binding condition, the work in its full period calf leather, wear from use, some minor defects on boards and spine, tears and losses at the ends of the spine, corners worn, marbled edges, smooth decorated spine, gold lettering on red morocco inlay -

Good interior condition, browning and damp stains, work enriched with 10 hors texte engravings including a frontispiece, good edition intended for the education of young girls, marbled endpapers in fair condition, a pleasing copy -

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