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Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A leather bound, first edition copy of letters from the Comtesse de Sabran and the Chevalier de Boufflers, written during the French Revolution. The first edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting the Comtesse de Sabran.Correspondance inédite de la Comtesse et de Sabran du Chevalier de Boufflers is a collection of letters written in 1778-1788 during the French Revolution. These letters provided a point of view from the side of the aristocrats as they watched the gruesome events unfolding around them.The Comtesse de Sabran (1749-1827), also known as Francoise Eleonore Dejean de Manville, was a French socialite and letter writer who eventually married the Chevalier de Boufflers. These letters show the gradual maturing of their relationship.Collated, complete. In quarter morocco binding, with marbled boards. Externally, smart, with some light rubbing to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Age-toning to the frontispiece and a few instances of scattered spotting to the pages, though many pages remain bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

E. Plon et Cie, Paris 1875. Large 8vo. XVI+526 pages. Etched frontispiece portrait of Comtesse de Sabran by P. Rajon after Madame le Vigée le Brun. Bound untrimmed in a fine brown half-morocco binding with richly gilt spine and gilt top-edge (P. Ruban). Names on front flyleaf.