Shelfmark
tbs
Author
Title
Les liaisons dangereuses, ou Lettres recueillies dans une société, & publiées pour l'instruction de quelques autres. Par M. C..... de L... Premiere (-quatrieme) partie..
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Amsterdam; et se trouve à Paris, : Chez Durand neveu, libraire, à la Sagesse, rue Galande., M.. DCC. LXXXII. [1782]
Physical description
4 v. in 2 (248 ; 242 ; 231, [1] ; 257, [1] p.) ; 17 cm. (12mo)
Note
First edition, second impression B according to Brun, with the author's corrections.
Note
Signatures: v. 1: A-K¹² L⁴ -- v. 2: A-K¹² L⁴ -- v. 3: A-I¹² K⁸ (K3,4 signed F3,4) -- v. 4: [A]⁴ B-L¹² M⁶ (-M6).
Note
With half-titles.
Citation/references note
Brun, Choderlos, 1B
Provenance
Contemporary ownership inscription on title pages of each volume as bound: Borne D'Altier, i.e. an unidentified member of the Borne d'Altier family of the Chateau du Champ in the Cévennes region.
Provenance
C20th booksellers' notes and prices in pencil on front endpapers of v. 1, and loosely inserted C21st bookseller's description.
Binding
Bound in two volumes. Contemporary 18th century French marbled calf in-board bindig; smooth spines with gold-tooled spine compartments; red morocco spine labels in second and third compartments; single gilt fillet along board edges; marbled endpapers; red-stained text block edges.
Subject
Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction.
Subject
Man-woman relations Fiction.
Subject
French fiction 18th century.
Added entry--name
Borne d'Altier family former owner.
Added entry--place
Netherlands Amsterdam.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B53168