Staël-Holstein, Anne Louise Germaine, baronne de.

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Description

Lettres sur les ouvrages et le caractère de J.J. Rousseau. [Paris or Geneva], 1788

12mo (171 x 104mm.), modern straight-grained morocco-backed boards, top edges gilt, uncut, short tear in fore-margin of title-page repaired

first edition of Madame de Staël's first publication, written when she was only 22, in which, she advocated freedom in love, politics and literature.