Novels.- Woodfin (Mrs A.) Histoire de Madame Dubois
Novels.- [Woodfin (Mrs A.)] Histoire de Madame Dubois, half-title, light foxing, Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris, Merigot jeune, 1769 bound with Femme Malheureuse (La), ou Histoire d'Elise Windham, racontée...dans un Voyage de Salisbury, à Londres, 2 parts in 1, one or two small stains, first part with hole to C1 causing loss of a few words and lower outer corner of E1-4 torn away just touching a couple of letters, part 2 with small paper flaw tear and hole to L2 with slight loss to one word, Amsterdam, 1771, together 2 works in 1 vol., both first editions in French, contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine a little worn at head with slight loss and torn at foot (latter repaired), joints split, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 69.72 & 71.7], 8vo
⁂ Both translations of English novels. The first is a translation of Mrs Woodfin's The Discovery: or, Memoirs of Miss Marianne Middleton, first published in 1764; Library Hub lists only one UK copy (British Library). The second is a translation by Dumanoir of The Distressed Wife, or the History of Eliza Wyndham, published in 1768; Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, Oxford & University of Leeds).
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Novels.- [Woodfin (Mrs A.)] Histoire de Madame Dubois, half-title, light foxing, Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris, Merigot jeune, 1769 bound with Femme Malheureuse (La), ou Histoire d'Elise Windham, racontée...dans un Voyage de Salisbury, à Londres, 2 parts in 1, one or two small stains, first part with hole to C1 causing loss of a few words and lower outer corner of E1-4 torn away just touching a couple of letters, part 2 with small paper flaw tear and hole to L2 with slight loss to one word, Amsterdam, 1771, together 2 works in 1 vol., both first editions in French, contemporary sheep-backed blue paste-paper boards, spine gilt in compartments with spider's web motif and green roan label, rubbed, spine a little worn at head with slight loss and torn at foot (latter repaired), joints split, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 69.72 & 71.7], 8vo
⁂ Both translations of English novels. The first is a translation of Mrs Woodfin's The Discovery: or, Memoirs of Miss Marianne Middleton, first published in 1764; Library Hub lists only one UK copy (British Library). The second is a translation by Dumanoir of The Distressed Wife, or the History of Eliza Wyndham, published in 1768; Library Hub records 3 UK copies (BL, Oxford & University of Leeds).
