[LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine, Madame de]. - Lot 1116

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[LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine, Madame de]. - Lot 1116
[LA FAYETTE, Marie-Madeleine, Madame de]. Zayde. Spanish history, by Monsieur de Segrais. With a treatise on the origin of novels, by Monsieur Huet. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1670-1671. 2 large volumes in-12 (156 x 89 mm) of 99, 441 pp. for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch., 536 pp. for volume II; speckled calf, spine ribbed, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Original edition. Zaïde is nowadays considered to be a joint work of Segrais and Madame de La Fayette. Segrais was his secretary, and it is believed that he provided the materials and the historical research, while Madame de La Fayette was responsible for the entire edition. Good copy, skillful restoration of the bindings. Provenance: House of the institution of the Oratory (wet stamp). Tchemerzine-Scheler, III, 834-835; Brunet, III, 743.
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