42. GRAFIGNY FRANCOISE de, Cénie, pièce en cinq actes (...).
Paris 1751, Cailleau, IV p.+133 pp.+ 11 s.
A beautifully gilded and illustrated play in 5 acts first staged at the Comédie Française on June 25, 1750. The author Françoise de Graffigny (1695-1758), a French writer and a favorite of Enlightenment philosophers, ran her own literary salon. Dedicated to the Count of Clermont, the Duke of Blood, the play was a great success. Work illustrated with a frontispiece engraving that is an illustration of the text and a second allegorical engraving of the title page .
Period binding full embossed and edge-gilt leather in medium condition with minor rubbing and loss; spine embossed and gilt with floral designs and title with loss from top; interior in medium condition, occasionally stains but dry; all page edges gilt; overall medium condition.
