Les Malheurs De L'amour Premiere Partie Et Seconde Partie De Tencin, Claudine GuéRin

Book one (247pp) and book two (319pp) bound together in one volume. Contemporary full leather binding the title stamped on the spine which has five raised bands. The spine has some surface wear with the gilt decorations largely worn away, no title panel and chipping at the top. The corners are bumped with some rubbing and there is some light surface wear to the front and rear panels. Marbled pastedowns and page edges - the top edges are a little darkened. Name of a previous owner in ink to the front free endpaper - Lady Wale of Shelford near Cambridge - with another family member's initials above this. There is the name of another Wale family member on the title page. Small creases to a few page corners and there is light browning to the pages which are otherwise generally unmarked. First printing.