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113 - GENLIS (Stéphanie Félicité de Crest de Saint-Aubin, Countess…
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GENLIS (Stéphanie Félicité de Crest de Saint-Aubin, Countess of). Unpublished memoirs (...) on the 18th century and the French Revolution, from 1756 to the present day. Paris, Ladvocat, 1825. 10 volumes in-8, half-havana sheepskin, plain spine with decoration. Spine faded. 2 separate-block portraits of the Countess of Genlis (aged 25 and 80). First edition, by the Countess of Genlis (1746–1830), governess to the children of the Duke of Chartres, including Louis-Philippe, and a friend of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and Talleyrand. ENRICHED COPY featuring five handwritten lines signed by the Countess de Genlis, written on the last blank folio of Volume I: “Me! To offer my handwriting to the public! Just think, my dear Ladvocat, how I have mocked this new custom; but after all, if you think that these tiny, fly-like scribbles, drawn by an octogenarian’s hand without the aid of spectacles or lenses, have a certain charm, and above all if it pleases you, do as you please. Good morning, my dear Ladvocat, do not forget to come this evening. D. Countess de Genlis. 22 December 1825”. Enclosed are four further texts by Madame de Genlis in an identical binding: 1/ A Rustic House for the Education of Youth, or The Return to France of an Emigrated Family. Paris, Maradan, 1810. 3 volumes. First edition. “A work containing all the necessary instructions for building a country house, furnishing it, and establishing within it a chapel, a library, a laboratory, a natural history cabinet, a garden of common plants, etc. ; and all the details relating to the construction of a farm, to domestic economy, and to all those engaged in agriculture.” 2/ Historical and Literary Botany (...) followed by a short story entitled: Flowers, or the Artists. Paris, Maradan, 1810. Contains “all the characteristics, anecdotes and superstitions relating to flowers mentioned in sacred and secular history”. 3/ On the Influence of Women on French Literature, as Patrons of the Arts and as Authors (...). Paris, Maradan, 1811. First edition. 4/ The Paintings of the Count of Forbin, or The Death of Pliny the Elder, and Inès de Castro. Paris, Maradan, 1817. First edition illustrated with two line engravings as inserts
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