Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd à Milord Charles Alfred de Caitombridge, Comte de Plisinte, Duc de Rafingth. à crites en 1735, Traduites de lâ Anglois en 1756 Passionate correspondence in the epistolary mode of Richardson and Riccoboni

[Adà laà de de Varansal, translator; attributed to Riccoboni circle]

Edité par Socià tà des Libraires, Paris, 1757

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Rare early Paris edition of the scandalous epistolary novel Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd, presented as the private correspondence of a young Englishwoman, Fanny Butler, and her noble lover, Lord Charles Alfred of â Caitombridge.â First published in English in 1735 and quickly translated, the work belongs to the same sentimental-literary current that made Richardsonâ s Pamela and Clarissa bestsellers, as well as the works of Marie Jeanne Riccoboni. This 1757 Socià tà des Libraires issue (the second French printing) retains the dramatic red-and-black title page, here with early ownership inscription. The translation is attributed to Adà laà de de Varansal, one of the few women translators active in mid-18th century Paris. The novelâ s blend of illicit romance, moral anguish, and social satire typifies the pre-Revolutionary taste for passionate, confessional fiction. Surviving in its original paper wrappersâ "with manuscript spine title, a rare state for ephemeral Parisian fictionâ "this copy has remained remarkably untouched, the text block crisp, margins wide, and only minor foxing. A scarce and collectible example of 18th-century sentimental fiction, and a desirable companion to Riccoboni, Graffigny, and Rousseauâ s epistolary tradition. A scarce 1757 Paris edition of Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd, in original wrappers, with red-and-black title. An important epistolary fiction bridging Richardsonâ s English sentimentalism and the French pre-Revolutionary taste for clandestine, emotional novels. Good. Original wrappers worn at spine ends, some splitting, but text block solid, pages crisp, red-and-black title page bright. Ownership inscription on title. Untrimmed edges. Contemporary original paper wrappers, manuscript title to spine, edges untrimmed, fragile with wear at spine and corners; unrestored Early edition (second French edition, 1757).

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• Titre: Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd à Milord Charles Alfred de Caitombridge, Comte de Plisinte, Duc de Rafingth. à crites en 1735, Traduites de lâ Anglois en 1756 Passionate correspondence in the epistolary mode of Richardson and Riccoboni
• Éditeur: Socià tà des Libraires, Paris
• Date de parution: 1757
• Reliure: Couverture souple
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  • Literature & the Arts