The Mad Librarian - We sell both scarce and decorative antiquarian books and first editions on all subjects. We offer a full money back guarantee and post out the next working day. All books are very carefully packed. Home of the Mad Librarian
Rooke Books - Scarce and decorative antiquarian books and first editions on all subjects | Rare Books
0 items
£0.00
View
This book has been sold

La Vie De Marianne

 Ou Les Aventures De Madame La Comtesse

In Two Volumes

By Pierre de Marivaux

1778 - Amsterdam - E. Van Harrevelt

 6.5" by 4", 480; 502pp.

 

 
 

 

DETAILS

A decorative copy of this unfinished novel by Pierre de Marivaux.

Written in French.

Adorned with beautifully engraved head and tail pieces, as well as vignettes to the title pages. Unfortunately, lacking the original twelve plates.

The novel was written in sections, eleven of which appeared between 1731 and 1745. A Continuation was produced by Madame Riccoboni, but this too is incomplete.

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comdie-Franaise and the Comdie-Italienne of Paris. His other works include Le Triomphe de l'amour, Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard and Les Fausses Confidences. He also published a number of essays and two important but unfinished novels, Le Paysan parvenu, and this work.

Complete in two volumes.

CONDITION

Rebound in half calf bindings with marbled boards, and gilt detailing to the spines. Externally, both volumes are rubbed with very slight wear to the extremities. Volume one is lacking the spine label, with some slight loss to volume two's spine label. Some slight straining to volume one's hinges. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound and intermittently bright, with some scattered foxing. Neat ink signature to the front pastedown of both volumes. Overall: GOOD.


ADD TO BASKET

This book has been sold

What Our Customers Say...

Melinda, The Netherlands

 I just received the book tonight. It is beautiful, thank you!

Jason, Australia

Many thanks for these quality books, and the efficient service.

Copyright © 2009 Rooke Books
Bespoke Software Development BathBespoke Software Development Bath

Telephone

+44 (0)1225 448831

Email

sales@rookebooks.com

What Our Customers Say...

Glidepath and Islands in the Sky arrived yesterday undamaged.  They are both fine books just as described! Thank you very much for your time and assistance with my purchase.

Brian, USA

The book arrived safely, and your description was spot-on. I appreciate that attention to detail which is all too infrequent among today's booksellers.

Gerry, UK

Thank you for the great book- we will buy from you again. Shipping was amazing and you all are the best!!

Jim and Nancy, USA

Just a brief note to say that the book that I purchased from you arrived in excellent time from you via DHL last Friday. I was delighted with the book and thought that I would let you know that I was happy with the description and packaging of the book.

Ronald, Australia

Folklore and Folktales

With the establishment of the printed book as a technology, there...

The Errington Divorce Case

We always enjoy showcasing our interesting and obscure works....

The Literary City of Bath

Few cities in the world are lucky enough to have the same literary...

Charlotte Brontë

 Saturday the 21st April marks 202 years since the birth...

Edmond Rostand

  The 1st of April is more commonly associated with...

Bath Book Fair

  Next Saturday, 7th April, is the P.B.F.A...

The Illustrations of Hugh Thomson

The Illustrations of Hugh Thomson  This month we are focusing...

Books for Spring

  As the days get longer and we get closer to spring, we've...

W H Auden

  The 21st February marks 111 years since the birth of...

Asprey, Zaehnsdorf and the Romanovs

     The fall of Imperial Russia and the...

Sangorski & Sutcliffe

They say 'Never Judge a Book by its Cover', but this month we're...

Foredge Friday

 If you follow our social media feeds then you will know...

Ronald Searle

This week we are focusing upon the British artist and satirical...

Festive Works...

 With Christmas fast approaching, we have had a look at...

Book of the Week: 'The Bookseller of Kabul'

 We add many new listings to our website on a weekly basis....

Cooking and Baking

 With the ‘Great British Bake Off’ entering...

New in November...

We are constantly adding new works to our collection, and have...

Author Feature: Angela Carter

 This week we shall be focusing on a specific author. Known...

Bath Book Fair

 Next Saturday, 21st October, is the P.B.F.A Bath...

The Occult and Occultism

This week we are going to take a look at some of our works from...

Alfred Tennyson

 Today marks the 125th anniversary of Alfred Tennyson’s...

New in October...

Here are just a few examples of the many new books that have...

Banned Books Week

  The 24th-30th September marks 'Banned Books Week'....

Arthur Rackham

 The 19th September marks the 150th birthday of celebrated...

D H Lawrence

 The 11th September marks the birth of David Herbert Lawrence....

The Great Fire of London

 Tuesday 5th September marked the anniversary of the...

The History of Magic

Yesterday marked #19yearslater. For the muggles among us, the...

Recently added to our library...

          1970 The Journals...

Crime Fiction and Agatha Christie

 Agatha Christie is the best-selling female novelist of...

Educational Children's Books

 With the advancement of printing technology and the production...

Typography, Baskerville and the Oscars

 This post shall begin with a tenuous link to a seemingly...

The World's Fair and Great Exhibition

 In 1851 London hosted an international exhibition in Hyde...

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is a man who generally needs no introduction....

Winnie-The-Pooh Day and A A Milne

 Last week, the 18th January marked National 'Winnie -the-Pooh...

Blue Monday

Feeling a little downcast today? You’re not the only one....

Cosy Tales

 Given this chilly December air we have decided to discuss...

Science Fiction

 Last week the world saw the ‘supermoon’. The...

When is a book not a book?

 When is a book not a book? When it's a... No, this isn't...

Printing In A Time Of Revolution

Here at Rooke Books we have a large collection of interesting...

The Lesser Known Works of David Garrick

 David Garrick is known for his incredible influence on...

The Nonesuch Press

 'Don't judge a book by its cover' is an English idiom of...

Watermarks and Spurious Editions

 Paper. It’s been around since the 2nd Century AD,...

The Library of Hugh Selbourne

 Over the next few weeks our website will be seeing the...

Roald Dahl First Editions

Many of us have fond memories of the children’s books of...

The Darwin Legacy

 Charles Darwin is a figure who needs no introduction, but...

Elizabeth Greenly's Signed Letters of Horace Walpole

 As mentioned in our previous post, we have recently acquired...

The Regency Library of Elizabeth Greenly

 We have recently acquired several lots from the sale of...
https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=32779
www.rookebooks.com
crawl=CC-MAIN-2020-10
37021
application/http; msgtype=response
sha1:B5SKESC3KUFQSGVJ4APAKXD6QEUDIXBF
<urn:uuid:fa439e0f-32f8-4e6e-a876-875829e23acf>
2020-02-26T01:23:17Z
89.16.183.102
text/html
sha1:ZMSMP5OCZYSRSPW7D7W2OTAS45BIOTND
<urn:uuid:f3a48390-5cce-4d79-9e36-905d5cc3d6ce>
https://www.rookebooks.com/product?prod_id=32779
response
<urn:uuid:d1c84742-60d4-448d-aaa1-4206e4e59ced>
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2020-10
publisher: Common Crawl
description: Wide crawl of the web for February 2020
operator: Common Crawl Admin (info@commoncrawl.org)
hostname: ip-10-67-67-109.ec2.internal
software: Apache Nutch 1.16 (modified, https://github.com/commoncrawl/nutch/)
robots: checked via crawler-commons 1.1-SNAPSHOT (https://github.com/crawler-commons/crawler-commons)
format: WARC File Format 1.1
conformsTo: http://iipc.github.io/warc-specifications/specifications/warc-format/warc-1.1/