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[LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de, dite Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693)]

Lot 21
05.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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Lot 21 | [LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de, dite Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693)]
Estimate value
€ 8 000 – 12 000
[LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de, dite Madame de La Fayette (1634-1693)]
La Princesse de Clèves. Paris : Claude Barbin, 1678.

Édition originale. L'ouvrage parut anonymement et ne fut publié sous le nom de Madame de La Fayette qu'en 1780. Brunet, III, col. 743 ; Tchemerzine, III, 838 ; En français dans le texte, n° 113 ("Elle [Madame de La Fayette] ne se désintéressait pourtant pas de ses oeuvres ; elle a au contraire merveilleusement tiré parti de son anonymat pour promouvoir La Princesse de Clèves. [...] La fondatrice du roman moderne sut à la fois rester dans l'ombre et jeter la lumière sur son oeuvre.") ; H. Coulet, "Le roman de l'époque classique", in Le Roman jusqu'à la Révolution, pp. 252 et suiv.

4 tomes en 2 vol. in-12 (154 x 82 mm). Sans les feuillets blancs. Reliure signée Cuzin : maroquin rouge, triple filet doré en encadrement, dos à nerfs richement orné doré, dentelle intérieure dorée, tranches dorées, double filet sur les coupes.

First edition, finely bound by Cuzin in red morocco. Without the blank leaves.
Place of origin:France
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