HELME (Elisabeth) Louisa, or the Thatched... - Lot 663 - Briscadieu

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HELME (Elisabeth) Louisa, or the Thatched... - Lot 663 - Briscadieu
HELME (Elisabeth) Louisa, or the Thatched Cottage. Translated from the English. Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1787. 2 parts in one volume in-12 : 2f., 174pp., 204pp. Printed on large blue paper. Contemporary red morocco, title, gilt fillets, roulettes and fleurons on smooth spine, large green mosaic medallion encircled by a semiset of stars in the centre of the boards, triple gilt fillet, gilt roulette on edges and inside, gilt edges. A fine copy. First French edition. Elisabeth Helme published a number of novels, historical, educational and other works, and translated several stories into English. "All these works, written with clarity and simplicity, were as successful in France as in England" (Quérard IV, 59).
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