1795 · Lausanne
by Stael-Holstein, Louise Germaine Necker, Baronne de
Lausanne: Chez Durand, Ravanel et Comp., et Paris, Chez Fuchs, 1795. 8vo. 195 x 132 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches). 203 pp. Woodcut device on the title-page. Original blue paper wrappers, some soiling to wrappers, paper label with title in ink, early paper repair to lower part of spine; uncut copy; with faults a sound and not unattractive copy in original wrappers. Early collected edition of essays and novels by the French author and daughter of the Jacques Necker, banker and French economic minister to Louis XVI. Madame de Stael's (1766-1817) was one of the most influential literary voices of her time and her publications were sought after by readers from (truncated)