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DESFORGES-MAILLARD, Paul] - Poems by Mademoiselle de Malcrai…
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670
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DESFORGES-MAILLARD, Paul] - Poems by Mademoiselle de Malcrai…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100
Voluntary lot
Description
DESFORGES-MAILLARD, Paul] - Poems by Mademoiselle de Malcrais de La Vigne. Paris, Veuve Pissot, Chaubert, Clousier, etc, 1735. In-12, (1) f., IV pp., (1) f., 272 pp. in contemporary fawn calf, gilt thread on covers, spine ribbed and decorated, small tear at head, corners dull.
First edition. First work by Desforges-Maillard (1699-1772) published in bookshops under the pseudonym of Mademoiselle de Malcrais de la Vigne. Initially rejected by the Mercure under her own name, this literary mystification earned her much praise, including from Destouches and Voltaire. Ode II refers to Voltaire's Henriade and ode IV to M. Titon du Tillet's Parnasse François.
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