Lot 30
  • 30

[Burney, Fanny]

Estimate
250 - 300 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Evelina: or The history of a young lady's entrance into the world. A new edition in three volumes with plates. Paris: for Theophilus Barrois, 1808
  • paper
3 volumes, 8vo (178 x 100mm.), 3 illustrated plates by Le Barbier after L'Epine, contemporary paper boards, red morocco spine-labels, owner's signature in pencil on front free endpapers, small tear to title-page of volume 1, some light spotting and browning

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

RARE COPY OF A PARIS EDITION OF THE CELEBRATED EPISTOLARY NOVEL. Evelina was first published in London in 1778 and brought its author considerable renown; this Paris edition appeared while Fanny Burney was living in Paris with her husband and son.