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74 - MOUHY (Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de).
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Estimate €300 - €400
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MOUHY (Charles de Fieux, Chevalier de). Memoirs of Anne-Marie de Moras, Countess of Courbon, written by herself, and addressed to Mademoiselle de ***, a boarder at the Cherche-Midi convent. The Hague, P. Dehondt, 1739. 4 volumes in 2 in-12 volumes, marbled fawn calfskin, ornate ribbed spine, titles in red morocco, red edges (contemporary binding). Title page, XIV pp., 134 pp., 176 pp. – 156 pp., 204 pp., including the titles in red and black. First edition of this novel inspired by a news item that occurred in 1737: the abduction of a thirteen-year-old girl by a thirty-eight-year-old man. A fine, fresh copy, with three small wormholes in the leather. Gay, III, 114 – Cioranescu, 47527.
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About the sale Xavier de Planhol Library – The Origins of the Novel
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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