[Rarebooks] FS: "Lettres d'une Peruvienne [Princess]" 2 vols. Paris: 1759

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Grafigny, Francoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt]. LETTRES D'UNE PERUVIENNE, Traduites du Francoise en Italien... Par Mr. Deodati. Paris: Briasson et al. 1759. 2 vols. (4),397,(3);(2),292,(4)pp. Title and text on facing pages of French and Italian. Cont. half calf over marbled boards, rubbed. Gilt titling on spines. Ownership rubber stamp of Lord Algernon Percy on half-title of Vol. II, and with his presumed embossed coat-of-arms on all four covers. One leaf in Vol. I with a small paper flaw affecting a few letters but not the readability.    $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
This work of fiction was first published in Paris in 1747. The first English edition, entitled "Letters Written by a Peruvian Princess," was published in Dublin in 1748. Lord Algernon Percy (1750-1830) was the 1st Earl of Beverly.


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