Manuscrits de Mr. Necker, publiés par sa fille.

[NECKER (Germaine de Stael).]

Manuscrits de Mr. Necker, publiés par sa fille.

First edition. 8vo. 153, [1], 354, [2] pp., with the half title. Contemporary mottled calf, flat spine panelled in gilt, the second panel lettered in gilt on red morocco label, the rest with gilt sunburst devices, marbled endpapers (bookseller’s label of ‘Librairie Marcel Rivière’ and neat inventory label to front pastedown, faint scattered foxing to outer leaves; head cap chipped and exposed, joints rather rubbed, still a very good copy overall). Genève, chez J.J.Paschoud, An XIII, 1804.

£150.00

[NECKER (Germaine de Stael).]

Manuscrits de Mr. Necker, publiés par sa fille.

The work is edited by Necker’s daughter Madame de Staël and her lengthy preface, defending the character and achievements of her father, is dated October 1804 from her house Coppet near the French border. The last section (beginning at p. [223] with a fly-title) contains ‘Suites funestes d’une seule faute’, a ‘novel’ by Necker, again with a short preface by his daughter. This work was reprinted in Nouvelle bibliothèque des Romans, Paris, 1805.

Goldsmiths’, 18803.

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Manuscrits de Mr. Necker, publiés par sa fille.

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