"the Princess Of Clèves," Or The Love Affair Of The Duke Of Nemours With This Princess, By Madame De La Fayette

A rare and celebrated novel by Madame de La Fayette, published during the reign of Louis XV: "The Princess of Clèves, or the Loves of the Duke of Nemours with this Princess," in Amsterdam, by the Company of Booksellers, 1744. A lovely volume from the library of the renowned bibliophile P.J. Plane (Ex-Libris). A 20th-century curiosity, in a beautiful half-bound in tinted calfskin with a smooth spine, gilt title and tools, marbled boards, untrimmed, with a small oval red ink collector's stamp on the flyleaf. Divided into two volumes, this well-known novel is Madame de La Fayette's most important work, a text that foreshadows the future fashion of Romanticism in the 19th century, interwoven with love and chivalry... A rare and well-preserved literary gem in small octavo format.