[FEMALE EDUCATION]. [LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT, Jeanne-Marie, 1711-1780]. Lettres de madame du Montier à la marquise de *** sa fille... Lyon: Pierre Bruyset Ponthus, 1756. 12mo. [10], 406 pp. Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine, burgundy gilt morocco lettering label, edges stained red. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS WORK, AN EPISTOLARY NOVEL WHICH WAS AN IMPORTANT EARLY WORK IN THE LITERATURE OF FEMALE EDUCATION.
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Binding worn, scuffed, corners rounded or bumped, hinges just starting, text a bit toned, foxed, soiled, a bit wrinkled. Very good.
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Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711-80) wrote over seventy books for young people, mostly collections of moral and instructive tales. Born in Rouen, she married unhappily, and then went to London in 1745 to become a governess. She began producing magazines and pedagogical treatises. She is best known for her Nouveau Magazine Français, a literary and scientific compilation for young readers (1750-5), and the Magasin pour les enfans (1757), both published in London. The latter contains her most famous version of Beauty and the Beast, an abridgment of Madame de Villeneuve's original text.