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SEVIGNE, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal. Letters of Madame de Sévigné to her daughter and her friends, London: J. Walker [and others], 1811, 9 volumes, 12°, 2 frontispieces (some leaves spotted, a few margins soiled), contemporary blue calf, gilt armorial to covers, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering-pieces (covers lightly faded and rubbed), marbled edges. -- Anne Louise Germaine de STAEL-HOLSTEIN. Oeuvres complètes ... précédées d'une notice sur le caractère et les écrits de Mme de Staël par Madame Necker de Saussure, Paris: Treuttel & Würtz, 1820-21, 17 volumes, 8°, half titles, engraved portrait frontispiece (occasional light spotting), contemporary red morocco, gilt tooled border and armorial to covers, spines gilt in compartments, inner dentelles (lightly rubbed), g.e. [Brunet V, 505] (26)