Brochure Morale

FONTETTE DE SOMMERY, Mademoiselle.

Edité par Delalain, "Amsterdam, et se trouve á Paris", 1769

A propos de cet article

THE SECOND RECORDED COPY OF A POWERFUL CRITIQUE OF SOCIAL MORES BY A FEMALE WRITER. 8vo. iv pp, 182 pp, (2). Bound in early wrappers using contemporary binder s waste. All edges deckled; a few signatures with light dampstains. Impossibly rare first edition of the earliest known ouevre of this little-studied author, whose later work was recently described as "one of the most curious novels in eighteenth-century French literature" (Paul J. Young, Diderot Studies Vol 32, 2012). Sommery s Brochure Morale offers a no-holds-barred critique of contemporary French society from all sides: her chapters range from "De l'Éducation" to "De la Naissance"; "De la Société", and "Du Mariage". A lengthy review of her work was offered by the critic of l Année littéraire for 1769 who was evidently ignorant of her sex. The only other surviving copy resides at the BnF.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Brochure Morale
• Éditeur: Delalain, "Amsterdam, et se trouve á Paris"
• Date de parution: 1769
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Women & Writing