Renouard, Paris, 1817
Written in prose and verse, the ‘Lettres à Emilie sur la mythologie’ consist of a series of epistolary lessons addressed by a narrator to his young pupil.
Description: 6 parts in 3 vols., boards covered in brown cloth, titled on paper label to spine. Vigesimo-quarto: 14 × 9 cm; pp. (vol.1): 131, [3]ll., 101, [1]ll.; (vol.2): 90, [1]ll., 93; (vol.3): 101, [2]ll., 134. Illustrated with 6 frontispieces.
Condition: Binding a bit scuffed and bruised at corners and spine-ends. Pages slightly toned with age. Some spotting at the end of the text in vol. 2. Nevertheless a well-preserved copy.