Les Nouvelles Francoises, ou les Divertissemens de la Princesse Aurelie...
Paris : Chez Jean Raoul Morel... 1722. 2 vols. cr. 8vo, engr. title, [8], 473 pp, 4 eng. plts + 483, [5] pp, 3 eng. plts, cont. calf, gilt spines, some wear, but still sound. Armorial engraved booplate of “Rt. Hon. Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill... 1712” in each vol.
Segrais was secretary to Mlle de Montpensier and eventually Director of the Academie francaise. His ‘Nouvelles’ were first published in 1657.
Reference: Cioranescu. “17c”. p. 1836 Gay / Lemonnyer v.3 cols.405-6
Stock No: HMF590
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