Samuel Richardson - Pamela, ou La Vertu récompensée - 1768
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Two-volume French edition of Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson, translated edition published by Laurent Prault & Desaint in 1768, bound in brown calf with gilt tooling, 1221 pages in good condition.
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Superb collection of this edition, which offers a two-volume translation of Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel, a foundational work of the modern English novel, originally published in 1740.
Pamela tells the story of a virtuous young servant girl who resists her master, Mr. B.'s advances, and whose moral steadfastness is ultimately rewarded with a legitimate marriage, transforming the servant girl into a recognized wife.
The narrative, constructed in the form of letters and diaries, highlights the psychology of the characters, the dramatic tension between desire and virtue, and the exemplary value of feminine constancy.
Samuel Richardson - Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - 1768 - Volumes I and II - Prault & Desaint
276 + 333 + 304 + 308 pages -
Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown calf from the period, showing signs of use, red edges, spine with raised bands and ornate, gilded titles and volume numbers on morocco pieces, with cold-stamped borders framing the covers.
Good interior condition, some foxing, a few works of maroquin along the lower margin of some pages in the first volume, pretty headbands, title in red and black, superb vignette on the title page, marbled endpapers in good condition.
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Superb collection of this edition, which offers a two-volume translation of Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel, a foundational work of the modern English novel, originally published in 1740.
Pamela tells the story of a virtuous young servant girl who resists her master, Mr. B.'s advances, and whose moral steadfastness is ultimately rewarded with a legitimate marriage, transforming the servant girl into a recognized wife.
The narrative, constructed in the form of letters and diaries, highlights the psychology of the characters, the dramatic tension between desire and virtue, and the exemplary value of feminine constancy.
Samuel Richardson - Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - 1768 - Volumes I and II - Prault & Desaint
276 + 333 + 304 + 308 pages -
Good condition of the bindings, books in their original full brown calf from the period, showing signs of use, red edges, spine with raised bands and ornate, gilded titles and volume numbers on morocco pieces, with cold-stamped borders framing the covers.
Good interior condition, some foxing, a few works of maroquin along the lower margin of some pages in the first volume, pretty headbands, title in red and black, superb vignette on the title page, marbled endpapers in good condition.
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days.
Details
Number of Books
2
Subject
History, Literature, Sociology
Book Title
Pamela, ou La Vertu récompensée
Author/ Illustrator
Samuel Richardson
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1768
Edition
Translated edition
Language
French
Original language
No
Publisher
Laurent Prault & Desaint
Binding/ Material
Leather
Number of pages
1221
