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Auction archive: Lot number 70

[Graffigny (Françoise d'Isembourg de'Happancourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, Peine, 1747; Suite des Lettres d'une Peruvienne, first edition, Peine, [1748], 2 works in 1 vol.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$393 - US$524
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 70

[Graffigny (Françoise d'Isembourg de'Happancourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, Peine, 1747; Suite des Lettres d'une Peruvienne, first edition, Peine, [1748], 2 works in 1 vol.

Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$393 - US$524
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

[Graffigny (Françoise d'Isembourg de'Happancourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, with final blank, Peine, n.p., [1747]; Suite des Lettres d'une Peruvienne, first edition, lacking initial blank/half-title, cropped affecting one letter of title and signature of final leaf, n.p., [1748], together 2 works in 1 vol., the first lightly browned, slightly later sheep-backed mottled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little faded, 12mo ⁂ Epistolary satirical novel consisting of letters written by a young Incan princess abducted by Spanish sailors and introduced to French society, inspired by Voltaire's Alzire. Not in the Meulenbacker collection of editions of Graffigny's work.

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

[Graffigny (Françoise d'Isembourg de'Happancourt de)] Lettres d'une Peruvienne, with final blank, Peine, n.p., [1747]; Suite des Lettres d'une Peruvienne, first edition, lacking initial blank/half-title, cropped affecting one letter of title and signature of final leaf, n.p., [1748], together 2 works in 1 vol., the first lightly browned, slightly later sheep-backed mottled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, spine a little faded, 12mo ⁂ Epistolary satirical novel consisting of letters written by a young Incan princess abducted by Spanish sailors and introduced to French society, inspired by Voltaire's Alzire. Not in the Meulenbacker collection of editions of Graffigny's work.

Auction archive: Lot number 70
Auction:
Datum:
22 Jan 2020
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
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