Sand, George, pseud. [Aurore Lucile Dupin]

8vo (216 x 135mm.), 2 volumes, first edition of the author's second book, half-titles, original printed tan wrappers, printed green labels on spines, collector's morocco-backed chemises and slipcase, some minor spotting, wrappers slightly cockled

Exhibited "Dix siècles de livres français" (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lucerne, 1949), number 218; Robert von Hirsch (book-label)

L. Carteret, Le Trésor du Bibliophile Romantique et Moderne 1801-1875, Volume 2, Paris, 1925, p.306.

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A rare example of George Sand's autobiographical novel in the original wrappers.

Carteret notes that "C'est, avec Indiana, un des ouvrages de cet auteur les plus rares et les plus estimés."