Sale 21BP03 | Lot 79

GENLIS, MADAME DE [Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité] Le Voyageur. Par Madame de Genlis. Ouvrage utile a la jeunese et aux etrangers.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
GENLIS, MADAME DE [Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité]  Le Voyageur. Par Madame de Genlis. Ouvrage utile a la jeunese et aux etrangers.

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Lot 79
GENLIS, MADAME DE [Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité] Le Voyageur. Par Madame de Genlis. Ouvrage utile a la jeunese et aux etrangers.
Berlin: F.T. de La Garde, 1800. An early (first?) edition. Original paper covered boards, all edges stained green. 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (13 x 9 cm); xcii, 222 pp., the title page engraved, the text in French. the boards rubbed and worn and the spine label lost, two small neat ink signatures to blank, spot to title, the text clean, without the rear blank.

A rare very early and possible first edition of the travel and educational guide written by Caroline-Stéphanie-Félicité, Madame de Genlis, this the issue in French. We trace few early editions of this work and little bibliographical reference. "In 1793 both her husband and her employer the Duc d'Orléans were guillotined. She fled to England and then Switzerland with one of her pupils, Mademoiselle d'Orléans. She then lived in Germany for a time before returning to Paris in 1800. After this she supported herself by writing essays, novels, plays, children's literature, and memoirs. While she was in Berlin she also wrote a practical guide for voyagers, aimed at readers who were new to travel, including women of all ages, such as mothers with young children. The little 'Traveler's Manual' was also a language textbook. Genlis published it as a bilingual guide in French and German. It was quickly reprinted with added translations of her 'traveler's dialogues' in Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian." See Elizabeth C. Goldsmith Life on the Road, in the Age of Napoleon: A Guidebook by Madame de Genlis.


C Property from the Collection of Jacqueline & Pierre Simon

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $126 (includes buyer's premium)

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