Le Prince Desir

  • Wraps
  • n.p. (Caen): n.p. (Chalopin), 1800
By (Beaumont, Mme. Leprince de)
n.p. (Caen): n.p. (Chalopin), 1800. First Separate Edition. Wraps. Near fine. 12mo. 12pp., stitched binding, woodcut headpiece of stars & portrait medallion, original self-wrappers, upper wrapper with title within border of woodcut typographic ornaments, lower wrapper with woodcut illustration of Mercury appearing before ladies outside a temple and a handled jug with foliage sprays with decorative border. A near fine copy.


First separate edition, after an initial appearance in the 'Magasin des Enfents' of 1756.


Mme. de Beaumont is known for her rendering of 'Beauty and the Beast.'


Rare. Only two institutional copies found.
Gumuchian 3765.

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Details

Title

Le Prince Desir

Author

(Beaumont, Mme. Leprince de)

Binding

Wraps

Condition

Near Fine

Publisher

n.p. (Chalopin): n.p. (Caen)

Date

1800

Edition

First Separate Edition


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