(ROMANTICISM IN THE FEMININE). - Lot 74

(ROMANTICISM IN THE FEMININE). - LAYA (Adèle). LES TROIS SOEURS, by Mme A. L***. Paris, Sautelet, 1827. 2 volumes bound in 1 vol. in-12, burgundy half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated (Thouvenin). FIRST EDITION. Minor rubbing, foxing, otherwise a finely bound copy. - MERCOEUR (Elisa). POESIES. Nantes, de l'imprimerie Mellinet-Malassis, 1827. In-12, fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated, marbled boards (period binding). A rare ORIGINAL EDITION of only 750 copies, with a frontispiece portrait of the author, lithographed after Ulnier. (Clouzot, p. 200) Scattered brown spots, one cap damaged. - SURVILLE (Madame de)]. POESIES DE MARGUERITE-ELEONOR CLOTILDE de Vallon-Chalys, from Madame de Surville, 15th-century French poet. Published by Ch. Vanderbourg. Paris, Nepveu, 1824. In-8, havana calf, gilt fillet and cold decoration framing the covers, ornate spine, marbled boards (period binding). Adorned with an engraved title, 5 hors-texte engravings after drawings by Colin and 3 pages of notated music. Rubbing to spine, foxing and browned pages. Copy on velin d'Annonay. - STAËL (Madame de). CORINNE OU L'ITALIE. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1851. In-8, fawn calf, wide gilt decoration on covers, ornate spine, marbled boards (Pope Hackney). Frontispiece portrait of the author. Scattered foxing and rings. - WALDOR (Mélanie). HEURES DE RECREATIONS. Paris, Didier, 1836. In-12, plum-colored basane, boards decorated in cold, smooth spine decorated, marbled boards (period binding). Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 3 hors-texte plates. Mélanie Villenave, known as Mélanie Waldor, French poet and woman of letters, was the mistress of Alexandre Dumas in 1827, on whom she exerted a certain influence. Spine faded, foxing. From the same source: POESIES DU COEUR. Paris, Janet, 1835. In-8, mahogany chagrin, boards decorated with a cold frame and a large gilt iron in the center, smooth spine decorated throughout, gilt edges (period binding). FIRST EDITION. Spine lightened, foxing, frontispiece missing. TOGETHER 6 VOLUMES.