Author: Marquise du Deffand; M. A. Thiers
Title: Lettres de la Marquise Du Deffand a Horace Walpole
Description: Paris , Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1864. Leather. A handsomely bound new edition of this volume of letters from Madame du Deffand to Horace Walpole. A new edition of this work. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. A charming series of letters send from Madame du Deffand to English Whig politician, writer and antiquarian, Horace Walpole. Madame du Deffand was a French hostess and patron of the arts. Her correspondence with Walpole marked him as being one of her strongest and longest-lasting acquaintances and these volumes offer letters written in the years 1766 to 1780. Also included are Deffand's letters to Voltaire written from 1759 to 1775. Uniformly bound in half crushed morocco, with marbled paper covered boards and endpapers. Externally, smart, with rubbing to the extremities and a couple minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with scattered spots throughout. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Lettres de La Marquise du Deffand a Horace Walpole French Literature Madame du Deffand Letters French Literature None


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