L'Atelier d'un Peintre. Scènes de la Vie privée

by Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

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First edition

viii, 370 pp.; 2 p.l., 314 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. half-calf & marbled boards minor foxing , spines stamped in blind & gilt, green leather lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Charpentier & Dumont, 1833. First edition. Desbordes-Valmore 1786-1859 , poet, novelist, actress, and singer, is one of the founders of French romantic poetry. Her friend Balzac used her as the model for the title character of La Cousine Bette. She had a difficult and

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