Ariège - Pyrenees - Lot 386

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Ariège - Pyrenees - Lot 386
Ariège - Pyrenees [DORIS (Charles)] The Life and Pitiful End of Madame de Budoy, Found in January 1814, Completely Naked and Alive in the High Mountains of the Vic-Dessos Canton..., Ariège Department. Paris; Brussels, Mathiot, 1817. 2 tomes in 2 volumes, in-12 format; 2 frontispieces (one of which features bears). ½ black calfskin binding of the period, smooth spines, long romantic metal bands, gilt headbands, slight scuffing from use. A fine copy. First edition of this very rare work, according to Labarère and Dendaletche. It features curious frontispieces engraved by G. TEXIER depicting a nude woman in a mountain landscape living among bears. This exceedingly rare work tells the story of a “wild woman,” a young woman found naked in the high mountains of the canton of Vic-Dessos, who is said to have lost her memory following a violent trauma and to have lived for several months with the bears in this region of the Pyrenees (Labarère 301).
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