From David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 May 1997
About this Item
In three volumes. First edition. 8vo., cont. half leather, marble boards, 398, 420, 440pp. Top half inch clipped from titles of volumes one & three, and leaf "B" (p.1-2) of volume two, resulting in a single line of text being excised from p.2 of volume two. An earlier owner has supplied the excised line in ink (contemporary) at the foot of p.1 o/w a nice set. Anne Louise de Stael-Holstein sent a fascinating childhood at her mothers salon which was a celebrated centre of intellectual activity, hosting among others, Tallyrand and Diderot. After an unhappy marriage de Stael-Holstein's own salon became a meeting place for those who shared her antipathy to Napoleon and the Empire. He book "De L'Allemagne" was seized by authorities and she fled into exile, travelling extensively in Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden & England. She "holds an important place in the history of French thought with her belief in 'perfectibility' and the notion that the human race is advancing towards perfection." She wrote two novel, the above title is the second and the fundamental theme of both concerns the solitariness of the intellectual woman, the conflict between the thirst for fame and the longing for affection. Seller Inventory # 5885
Bibliographic Details
Title: Corinna, Or, Italy.
Publisher: London: Samuel Tipper, 1807.
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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