Lettres de Madame du Montier la Marquise de*** sa fille, avec les r ponses.

[Leprince de Beaumont, Marie].

Published by Lyon: Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1758., 1758

About this Item

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711-80) wrote over seventy books for young people, mostly collections of moral and instructive tales. Born in Rouen, she married unhappily, and then went to London in 1745 to become a governess. She began producing magazines and pedagogical treatises. She is best known for her Nouveau Magazine fran ais, a literary and scientific compilation for young readers (1750-5), and the Magasin pour les enfans (1757), both published in London. The latter contains her most famous version of Beauty and the Beast, an abridgment of Madame de Villeneuve's original text. "Éshe is interesting chiefly for her effortsÑmanifested before Rousseau's EmileÑto make education enjoyable" (New Oxford Companion to Literature in French). Twelvemo. [10], 406 pp. Contemporary sheep, gilt-decorated spine, edges stained red. Spine extremities lightly worn. A very good copy. An early edition of this work, written in the form of an epistolary novel, which was first published in Lyon in 1756. It went through a number of editions and was an important work in the literature of female education. Seller Inventory # 12439

Bibliographic Details

Title: Lettres de Madame du Montier la Marquise ...

Publisher: Lyon: Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1758.

Publication Date: 1758

Binding: Soft cover