SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dite Madame de (1626-1696) - photo 1
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SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dite Madame de (1626-1696)

Lot 81
22.05.2025 15:00UTC +02:00
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€ 5 040
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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Lot 81 | SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dite Madame de (1626-1696)
Estimate value
€ 3 000 – 4 000
SÉVIGNÉ, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, dite Madame de (1626-1696)
Lettres de Madame de Sévigné à sa fille et à ses amis. Paris : Bossange, Masson et Besson, 1806.

Exemplaire sur papier vélin, enrichi de 20 portraits, relié par Bozerian. Pour la première fois, les lettres sont publiées dans l'ordre chronologique. Quérard indique que "les notes sont beaucoup plus exactes que celles des précédentes éditions...Une amélioration non moins importante est une table des matières très étendue". Les vingt portraits, gravés pour cette édition, ne sont pas toujours présents. La plupart sont gravés par Saint-Aubin. Quérard, IX, p. 103.

8 vol. in-8 (205 x 130 mm). Exemplaire sur vélin. En frontispice du tome I, 2 portraits de l'autrice et de sa fille, ici en épreuves avant la lettre ; et un fac-similé de manuscrit. L'exemplaire est enrichi de 20 portraits hors-texte, répartis dans les 8 volumes (rousseurs, quelques mouillures). Reliure de l'époque de François Bozerian (signée "REL. P. BOZERIAN JEUNE" en pied du dos du tome 1) : maroquin bleu nuit à long grain, roulette dorée ceinte de filets en encadrement des plats, dos à nerfs, entre-nerfs ornés aux petits fers d'un ombilic central entouré de fleurs et sur un fond à mille points, roulette dorée sur les coupes (Culot, roulette n°1), doublure et gardes de papier brocard rouge, frise de grecques dorée en encadrement du contreplat (Culot, roulette n°20), tranches dorées.

A fine copy, enriched with 20 engraved portraits, beautifully bound by François Bozerian.
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Books, Books and manuscripts
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