Letters of the Marquise du Deffand to the Hon. Horace Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, from the Year 1766 to the year 1780. To which are added the Letters of Madame du Deffand to Voltaire from the Year 1759 to the Year 1755. Volume III
by Deffand, Marquise du
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1810. Hardcover. G-. 12mo. Vol 3 only. Ex-University library with bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise internally good. A good reading copy with some wear to cover edges, but large part of spine leather missing.
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- Letters of the Marquise du Deffand to the Hon. Horace Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, from the Year 1766 to the year 1780. To which are added the Letters of Madame du Deffand to Voltaire from the Year 1759 to the Year 1755. Volume III
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- Deffand, Marquise du
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G-
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- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
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- LETTERS
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