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1798 The Gardens Abbe De Lille Jane Austen Very#1781626

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1798 The Gardens Abbe De Lille Jane Austen Very#1781626
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A very scarce book by the first translator of Jane Austen in French. Inscribed by author to her daughter.</em></td>
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De Lille, The Abbé. (Jacques Delille )

THE GARDENS, A POEM. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF THE ABBÉ DE LILLE. - ASSOCIATION COPY - INSCRIBED 'MARIA GEORGINA MONTOLIEU GIVEN TO HER BY HER MOTHER, THE TRANSLATOR.

1798, 1st Edition. ,Folio tall. ,published by T. Bensley, bound in Crimson full calf, five raised panels, gilt titles and decoration, edges rubbed, boards a little scuffed, contents very good, clean and tight, frontis engraving by Bartolezzi intact. All interior engravings intact. Association copy with all details contained on a bookplate pasted on title page. The book was presented by the translator to her daughter in 1798. A very scarce book, but with the added association even more desirable. Ms. MONTOLIEU was the first translator of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Predjudice' Into the French language
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1798</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Width:11</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:1798 The Gardens Abbe De Lille Jane Austen Very</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Nanaimo. BC. Canada</td></tr>
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