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PONCE, Marguerite / [BRUIX, Pierre de]
“A Londres, & a Paris” [i.e. Paris], Costard
1776
US$ 850.00
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY MARGUERITE PONCE. Large 8vo. viii pp including engr. frontispiece, 69 pp, (1). Bound in modern marbled wrappers. Half-title soiled; frontispiece slightly shaved; otherwise a good copy. Rare sole edition, with a fine engraving of the titular character, daughter of a household servant, fending off the affections to two predatory noblemen. This frontispiece was executed and signed by the little-known female engraver Marguerite Ponce (1745-1832), wife of the engraver Nicolas Ponce (1746-1831). OCLC shows US copies at Yale, Loyola Marymout, and the Boston Public Library.