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LA DIXMERIE, Nicolas Bricaire de, and BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny de.
See original version (French)
143
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LA DIXMERIE, Nicolas Bricaire de, and BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny de.
See original version (French)
Estimate €60 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
LA DIXMERIE, Nicolas Bricaire de, and BEAUHARNAIS, Fanny de. Letters on Spain, or An Essay on the Customs, Practices and Literature of that Kingdom.
A significant account of 18th-century Spain, supplemented by an anecdote by Fanny de Beauharnais.
Paris, Librairie économique, 1810.
2 tomes in 2 volumes, havana half-shagreen, ribbed spine decorated with blind-stamped fillets and gilt panels.
XX, 351 pp.; 372 pp.
Spine stained, corners and covers rubbed, some foxing.
A comprehensive description of Spain in 58 letters by Nicolas Bricaire de la Dixmerie (1731–1791), a prolific author and member of the famous Masonic lodge of the ‘Neuf Sœurs’; in which he sponsored Voltaire’s initiation in 1778, for whom he published a eulogy a year later.
This account of 18th-century Spain is supplemented by an anecdote and pieces by Fanny de Beauharnais, a woman of letters from the late 18th century and aunt of Hortense de Beauharnais.
Bookplates pasted to the endpapers, including two bearing coats of arms inscribed ‘A G du Plessis’ and ‘La Morandière’, and a third, modern one inscribed ‘Frédéric and Anne Max’.
A fine copy in a contemporary binding.
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About the sale
Collectors’ books for sale – First editions – Illustrated editions – Varia IV
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Auction time
11/02/2026 at 2:00 PM
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