Marcel Prevost — Lettres de Femmes

Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1895. Leather. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Prevost's guide to young women at the close of the nineteenth century, in the original French. French. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous in-text images. A collection of letters or guides providing wide counsel to young women and girls. These collections of Prevost's scenes and lectures on the social state of France for young women at the end of the nineteenth century were widely read at the time of publication. With commentary on devotion, motherhood, the menstrual cycle, and more. Written by Eugene Marcel Prevost, a French author and dramatist. Illustrated by Henri Gerbault, a French illustrator, water color painter, and poster artist. Bound in half calf with cloth covered boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and light fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: H. Gerbault. Very Good .