Madame du Deffand (1696-1780) was a minor French aristocrat who, bored by her marriage, threw herself into scandalous relationships with leading noblemen, including the French Regent. She later re-invented herself as a highly successful salonniere, her salon being frequented by leading thinkers of the day. She also maintained very witty, perceptive correspondences with Voltaire (whose letters back are full expositions of his philosophy) and later with Horace Walpole with whom she fell deeply in love, much to his shock.
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Madame du Deffand (1696-1780) was a minor French aristocrat who, bored by her marriage, threw herself into scandalous relationships with leading noblemen, including the French Regent. She later re-invented herself as a highly successful salonniere, her salon being frequented by leading thinkers of the day. She also maintained very witty, perceptive correspondences with Voltaire (whose letters back are full expositions of his philosophy) and later with Horace Walpole with whom she fell deeply in love, much to his shock.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Poor dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near fine in very good jacket. Frontispiece, 481 pages, 8vo, cloth backed boards, dust wrapper (several closed tears). Boston: David R. Godine (1982). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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Fine in very good(+) jacket. Translated from the Italian and French by Teresa Waugh. 481 pages. Thick 8vo, red cloth-backed green boards with gilt lettering, pictorial d.w. (slightly edgeworn). Boston: David R. Godine, (1994). First American edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.
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VG in Good dj. (Minor tear to bottom back of dj. ) Green boards with red cloth spine; Gold lettering on spine; Gold decoration on front cover; Color illus. dj.; 481 pp.; 10 bw figures. Biography of the Marquise du Deffand (1696-1780), one of the most scandalous women of her time due to her disregard for the traditional ideas of women's roles, decorum, and sex and love.
