Jean‑Nicolas Bouilly - Les Jeunes Femmes - 1820
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Two-volume illustrated edition of Les Jeunes Femmes by Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, in full brown morocco bindings, published by Louis Janet in 1820, totaling 818 pages with frontispieces and marbled endpapers.
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Exciting together, illustrated by these works of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, a moralist writer and playwright. This edition aligns with the tradition of edifying and educational stories aimed at a cultivated female readership.
Young Women offers a series of portraits, anecdotes, and dialogues aimed at instructing and educating young readers in the fields of morality, domestic duties, child education, and social virtues.
Bouilly, known for his moral tales and successful plays, adopts a tone that is both benevolent and normative, seeking to reconcile sensitivity and reason in constructing a female model aligned with the bourgeois and Christian values of the Restoration.
Jean‑Nicolas Bouilly - The Young Women - 1820 - Volumes I and II - Louis Janet
397 Pgs & 421 Pgs-
Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown calf leather from the period, showing signs of use, one missing headband, two cracked hinges, rounded corners, gilded edges, smooth ornately decorated spine, gilded titles and volume numbers on maroon morocco pieces, gilded roll borders framing the covers.
Good interior condition, scattered foxing, works enriched with a few plates outside the text, including a frontispiece, marbled endpapers.
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Exciting together, illustrated by these works of Jean-Nicolas Bouilly, a moralist writer and playwright. This edition aligns with the tradition of edifying and educational stories aimed at a cultivated female readership.
Young Women offers a series of portraits, anecdotes, and dialogues aimed at instructing and educating young readers in the fields of morality, domestic duties, child education, and social virtues.
Bouilly, known for his moral tales and successful plays, adopts a tone that is both benevolent and normative, seeking to reconcile sensitivity and reason in constructing a female model aligned with the bourgeois and Christian values of the Restoration.
Jean‑Nicolas Bouilly - The Young Women - 1820 - Volumes I and II - Louis Janet
397 Pgs & 421 Pgs-
Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown calf leather from the period, showing signs of use, one missing headband, two cracked hinges, rounded corners, gilded edges, smooth ornately decorated spine, gilded titles and volume numbers on maroon morocco pieces, gilded roll borders framing the covers.
Good interior condition, scattered foxing, works enriched with a few plates outside the text, including a frontispiece, marbled endpapers.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
2
Subject
History, Illustrated, Literature
Book Title
Les Jeunes Femmes
Author/ Illustrator
Jean‑Nicolas Bouilly
Condition
Mixed / Multiple
Publication year oldest item
1820
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Louis Janet
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
818
