Les Charactères de la Bruyère; Précédés d'une Notice par M. Suard

de la Bruyère, Jean

Published by Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie, Éditeurs, Paris, 1890

About this Item

8vo. [9], ii-xv, [1], 443, [3] pp. Half early twentieth-century morocco over marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; top edge gilt. Illustrated by a steel-engraved frontispiece of the author. Encyclopaedia, "Jean de La Bruyère". Les Charactères is a satire of the attitudes and fashions of the French nobility during the late seventeenth century. The publication was highly acclaimed in its day, with the author seeing eight editions of his work published in his own lifetime. Minor pencil annotations in the margins, name on the front flyleaf. Seller Inventory # 00009407

Bibliographic Details

Title: Les Charactères de la Bruyère; Précédés ...

Publisher: Librairie Furne, Jouvet & Cie, Éditeurs, Paris

Publication Date: 1890

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Later edition.