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SCUDERY (Madeleine de). *Conversations on Various Subjects*.
See original version (French)
75
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SCUDERY (Madeleine de). *Conversations on Various Subjects*.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
SCUDERY (Madeleine de). *Conversations on Various Subjects*. Fifth edition. Amsterdam, Daniel Du Fresne, 1686. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, 19th-century havana full calf, spine with 4 raised bands, triple fillet edging on the covers, marbled edges. Title page, (13) folios, 175 pp.; 210 pp.
Copper-engraved frontispiece bearing the coat of arms of Marie-Anne of Bavaria, wife of the Grand Dauphin.
A Dutch edition, published a few years after the original Parisian edition by Claude Barbin in 1680, comprising 14 conversations dealing in particular with conversation itself, pleasures, the art of speaking or remaining silent, complacency, dissimulation, idleness and even mockery.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
Auction location
Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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