Florian, M. de — Estelle, Roman Pastoral

Paris, Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1788. 2nd. Hardcover. Half leather binding with 5 and a half compartments, gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, and paper-wrapped boards. 295 pp. Woodblock print on title page and incidental woodblock plates throughout. French. From the series Oeuvres de M. de Florian. A pastoral by French writer Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794) who was known for his children's fables, poems, and pastoral novels. This edition was published during Florian's lifetime. G+, case very worn but intact, front flyleaf missing, back flyleaf missing section, pencil marking on front pastedown and at bottom of title page, small stain on title page, small stains on final page, rubbing on back endsheet, text very clean and readable .