Dangerous Connections Pierre Laclos, 1784 LACLOS, Pierre A.F. Choderlos de (1741-1803). Dangerous Connections: or, Letters Collected in a Society, and Published for the Instruction of Other Societies. London: T. Hookham, 1784. First edition in English of the classic French tale of sex and villainy in the ancien régime. The twisted rivalry of the scheming Madame de Merteuil and the amoral libertine Vicomte de Valmont plays out in Laclos's witty and devastating epistolary novel, here in an anonymous translation which "is perfectly in keeping with the original" (Classe). It is preceded by a short philosophical discourse on the utility of novels, which concludes that it is, indeed, a moral tale. ESTC counts only 6 copies in America; ABPC and RBH record only 3 copies at auction in the last 50 years. ESTC T111575; see Olive Classe, Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English. Four volumes bound in two, 12mo (178 x 104 mm). (Some occasional interior spotting, a few small repairs.) 19th-century green half morocco, edges marbled (light wear); custom box. Provenance: Mollie Anderson (modern bookplate).
Dangerous Connections Pierre Laclos, 1784 LACLOS, Pierre A.F. Choderlos de (1741-1803). Dangerous Connections: or, Letters Collected in a Society, and Published for the Instruction of Other Societies. London: T. Hookham, 1784. First edition in English of the classic French tale of sex and villainy in the ancien régime. The twisted rivalry of the scheming Madame de Merteuil and the amoral libertine Vicomte de Valmont plays out in Laclos's witty and devastating epistolary novel, here in an anonymous translation which "is perfectly in keeping with the original" (Classe). It is preceded by a short philosophical discourse on the utility of novels, which concludes that it is, indeed, a moral tale. ESTC counts only 6 copies in America; ABPC and RBH record only 3 copies at auction in the last 50 years. ESTC T111575; see Olive Classe, Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English. Four volumes bound in two, 12mo (178 x 104 mm). (Some occasional interior spotting, a few small repairs.) 19th-century green half morocco, edges marbled (light wear); custom box. Provenance: Mollie Anderson (modern bookplate).
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