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1754 Madame de Maintenon Letters French Leather Vol 2. Condition: Period leather binding with rubbing, edge wear, bumped corners, and wear at the spine ends and joints. Boards remain attached. Interior shows age-toning, spotting, light stains, and handling wear. 1754 French edition of Lettres de Madame de Maintenon, Seconde Partie, printed at Berlin by Pierre Erialed. This small-format volume contains letters attributed to Madame de Maintenon, the influential second wife of Louis XIV and founder of Saint-Cyr. A handsome 18th-century pocket volume in mottled calf with gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, leather spine labels, and blue marbled endpapers. The title page is printed in red and black with a decorative printer’s ornament. The spine is labeled “Lettres de Maintenon” and “Tome II.” Condition: Period leather binding with rubbing, edge wear, bumped corners, and wear at the spine ends and joints. Boards remain attached. Interior shows age-toning, spotting, light stains, and handling wear. Marbled endpapers are attractive. This is the second part only, not a complete set. All books we sell are original copies, we do not sell reproductions. Free shipping, free no questions asked 30 day returns (within USA), eBay Global Shipping Program to other countries.