La France; Par Lady Morgan, Ci-devant Miss Owenson; Traduite de l’Anglois par A.J.B.D. Seconde Edition revue, corrigée et augmentée, avec des notes critiques par le traducteur.
Paris et Londres: Chez Truettel et Würtz, 1817. Small ink stain at lower margin of first four leaves of Volume I. Front board of Volume II shows some wear. A very good, attractive set. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, spines gilt, with red morocco labels. Two volumes, octavo. xiv, 346; [4], 478 pp., including half-title in each volume. Item #14506
Lady Morgan’s popular book was published both in French and English in 1817, with second editions following in the same year. This translation into French by Phillipe Alexandre Lebrun de Charmettes adds a number of notes and observations on her work. Lady Morgan’s book also inspired another commentary, that of Auguste Jean Baptiste Defauconpret, Observations sur l'ouvrage intitule: La France; par Lady Morgan. Par l'auteur de Quinze Jours et de Six Mois a Londres.
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