STAAL (Baroness de). Memoirs of Madame de Staal, written by - Lot 210

STAAL (Baroness de). Memoirs of Madame de Staal, written by herself. London, 1755. 4 volumes in-12, marbled calfskin, smooth spine with decorative lettering, red title labels and olive-colored volume numbers, red edges (contemporary binding). First edition of the memoirs of Marguerite de Launay, Baroness de Staal (1684–1750), a French memoirist and writer. In addition to her Memoirs, the volume also includes two comedies and poems written by her. A lovely copy in a high-quality binding. Paper repair in the upper margin of p. 261 in Volume I, obscuring the page number. Reversed leaf order in quire O of Volume II.

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