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VILLEDIEU, Mme de] - Portrait des foiblesses humaines .
See original version (French)
455
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VILLEDIEU, Mme de] - Portrait des foiblesses humaines .
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
VILLEDIEU, Mme de] - Portrait des foiblesses humaines . Paris, Claude Barbin, 1685. In-12, (3) ff, 338 pp, (1) f. in green bronze morocco, spine ribbed, inside serrated, gilt all round (PETIT).
REED (Claude Barbin) n°428. LEVER 349. First edition. Contains four short stories in which Mme de Villedieu attempts to prove that no one, however well-gifted, can resist his passion, his instinct. The heroes or victims are the Empress Livia, Pericles, Lycurgus and Paul-Emile. Stamped by Gustave Mouravit.
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