Madame de Sévigné / GROUVELLE Philippe-Antoine - Lettres de Madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis - 1806

Letters of Madame de Sévigné to her daughter and to her friends: Paris, Bossange, Masson and Besson, 1806. 8 volumes in-8 (135x210). Vol.1: 334 pp; Vol.2: 479 pp; Vol.3: 478 pp; Vol.4: 494 pp; Vol.5: 480 pp; Vol.6: 447 pp; Vol.7: 527 pp; Vol.8: 536 pp. Contemporary full calf binding. Fronts adorned with cold-tooled and gilded decorations. Spine with 5 raised bands decorated with fleurons and 2 direct title inscriptions. Split joints repaired on 6 volumes. Marbled edges. Interior fresh. Bel ensemble of Madame de Sévigné’s letters, illustrated with portraits and facsimiles of letters including notably letters from her granddaughter, the Marchioness of Simiane, as well as literary reflections. Philippe-Antoine Grouvelle has endeavored to restore the correspondence in a better chronological and thematic order. He has enriched the volumes with clarifications, historical notes, as well as unpublished biographical notices on the Marquise de Sévigné and her entourage.