Lettres d'une Peruvienne.

Creator:

Grafigny, Mme de (Françoise d'Issembourg d'Happoncourt), 1695-1758.

Timespan:

1748

Date:

1748

Description:

With: Grafigny, Mme de. Suite des lettres d'une Peruvienne. A Peine [Paris : s.n., 1747].

Identifier:

9917911053503681; (OCoLC)ocn187439795; (OCoLC)187439795; (CStRLIN)PAUGEAW6463-B; 1791105; (PU)1791105-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French

Publisher:

A Peine : [publisher not identified], [1748?]

Subject:

Indians of South America -- Fiction.; Indians of South America.; Incas.; Incas -- Fiction.; Fiction.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, viii, 337 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 15 cm (24mo)

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

A novel in the form of 38 letters, mainly from the Inca princess Zilia to her lover Aza.; Authorship from Weller and Barbier.; One of 11 early undated editions of this work. The original edition was published in Paris by Pissot with a fictitious imprint in Dec. 1747 or Jan. 1748; counterfeit editions appeared soon after. This edition is assigned to England based on its format (24mo in 12s) and signatures (text begins on leaf B1) and is numbered P.4 in: Jo-Ann McEachern and David Smith, "Mme. de Graffigny's Lettres d'une Péruvienne: identifying the first edition," Eighteenth-century fiction, v. 9, no. 1 (Oct. 1996) pp. 21-35. Palau y Dulcet, Cioranescu and Quérard suggest: Paris, 1747.; The title ornament in this ed. is composed of 11 typographical devices; in other eds. the ornament is composed of 10.; Signatures: pi1 a⁴ B-P¹² [Q]1. Leaf N10 signed "Aa2"; leaf O9 signed as "O".; Published in England.; Page 324 misnumbered "224".

Physical Location:

PQ1986 .L4 1748b