Early 20th Century Red Morocco Volume Set, Letters of Madame De Sevigne - 7 Books

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[Rabutin-Chantal, Marie de] Letters of Madame de Sevigne.

Philadelphia: J.P. Horn & Co., 1927, Carnavalet Edition, Introduction by A. Edward … Read more [Rabutin-Chantal, Marie de] Letters of Madame de Sevigne.

Philadelphia: J.P. Horn & Co., 1927, Carnavalet Edition, Introduction by A. Edward Newton. No. ( ) of a 7 volume set limited to 1550. 8vo; 2606 pp. Fine binding in full red morocco, gilt, 23 black & white tissue-guarded plates and two folded facsimiles of letters (vol. I & III), short tear at bottom gutter attachment of each letter, slight wear at extremities and boards, restored leather tear at spine (vol. 7). Very good.

Unmarked provenance: Ex-Dee and Tommy Hilfiger Round Hill estate (aka Chateau Paterno or Chateau Lafayette), Greenwich, CT.

Thomas Davidson says:
“Madame de Sévigné’s twenty-five years of letters to her daughter reveal the inner history of the time in wonderful detail, but the most interesting thing in the letters remains herself. In the midst of an age of gilded corruption, her name remains without a stain. Her heart was occupied by an intense devotion to her children, and a warmth of friendship almost beyond example. For no one ever had so many and such devoted friends – no woman ever knew like her how to transform a lover into a friend.”

Reference: Famous Women; An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women By Joseph Adelman. Copyright, 1926 by Ellis M. Lonow Company. See less