Lot 08039

[Madame de La Fayette / Sandras de Courtilz], “Memoires de Hollande”, Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1678. 16mo, pp. [2], 224. Novel attributed to the French writer, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, Comtesse de La Fayette (better known as Madame de La Fayette) or Gatien Sandras de Courtilz. This fine novel talks about the love between a Jewess from Amsterdam with a cadet from the house of Lusignan. Contemporary full calf, spine with raised bands and decorations in gilt. Heavy external rubbing. External joints partly cracked but still firm. Fine condition inside.

Graesse IV 475, Brunet III 1596