[CONSTANT DE REBECQUE], Laure, ou lettres de quelques femmes de Suisse, 1786-87
[CONSTANT DE REBECQUE, Samuel].
Laure, ou lettres de quelques femmes de Suisse.
Genève, Barde, 1786-1787.
Seven 12mo (163x95 mm), xxiv-226 pages / (4)-248 pages / 266 pages / 258 pages / 264 pages (misnumbering pages) / 234 pages / 298 pages. binding : Contemporary full sheep, gilt flat spines. All edges marbled. BInding rubbed. Some caps chipped. A corner teared on volume 2.
First edition.
This work belongs to the genre of epistolary novels, highly prized in the 18th century under the influence of Rousseau and his work "La Nouvelle Héloïse." It features the correspondence of Swiss women, offering a moral, sentimental, and perhaps political reflection on the society of the time.
Price : 200 €