Live auction - Lot 930
[Women]
Crementine reine de Sanga, histoire Indienne.
GOMEZ, Madeleine-Angélique de
Hammer price: €
160
€ 120 / 200
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Lot description
The Hague, H. van Bulderen, 1740
2 vol., 8vo: [28]-394, [4]-467 pp. (dampstaining, some browning).
Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spines, red edges (corners rubbed and bumped, joints splitting, head and tails def.).
Later edition (1st 1727) by Gomez, one of the most important novelists of her time. Ill. with 8 full-page pl. by Scotin after Bonnart. Very fashionable in the 18th century, the author relies on a historical setting to recount the life of a character. Above all, ahead of her time, Gomez uses these writings to celebrate women.
Ref. Cp. STCN (1: Uppsala, ed. 1739, this ed. apparently not in STCN). - Cp. BnF (1st ed.).
Prov. Libr. stamps.