Charles le Téméraire, ou, Anne de Geierstein, la fille du brouillard.

SCOTT, Sir Walter

Verlag: Paris: [Lachvardière for] Charles Gosselin, 1829

Beschreibung

5 volume set, 7 inches tall. Quarter calf with gilt bands, twin labels and charming gilt tooling to the panels. First edition in French of Anne of Geierstein; or, the Maiden of the Mist (Edinburgh, 1829), which though separately issued also formed part of the Oeuvres complètes, as stated on the half-titles. This set is from the library, though without the bookplates, assembled at Voltaire's former home, the Chateau de Cirey ( Champagne) by Mme de Simiane ( 1761-1835 ), sometime lover of Lafayette and later, a correspondent of Fanny Burney. Diane-Adelaide de Simiane's early life was colourful and she came to Cirey in 1795 after a period of incarceration during the Terror. Previously she had been married to Charles-Francois de Simiane, who had served with Lafayette in America and who died in mysterious circumstances in 1787. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-18221060974

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Charles le Téméraire, ou, Anne de Geierstein...

Verlag: Paris: [Lachvardière for] Charles Gosselin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1829

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1. Auflage