[DeGENLIS, [Stephanie Felicitie Ducrest De Saint-aubin], Madame La Comtesse.]

DE L'INFLUENCE DES FEMMES SUR LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE; comme protectrices des letters et comme auteurs; ou precis de l'histoire des femmes Francaises les plus celebres.

Paris: Maradan, 1811. First edition. 8vo, pp. [iv], lx, 374. Two letters in the word "comme" partially obscured on the title page. Bound in contemporary calf, backed boards, spine gilt, some modest stains to the half-title, a very good tight copy. Item #49258

DeGenlis (1746-1830) was a French writer, educator and governess to the Duke of Chartres. She supported the Revolution, but after the fall of the Girondists, she went into exile in Switzerland. She later returned and was given a pension by Napoleon. She was author of over 80 books, many of them on education. This is a discussion of French women and their influence on literature.

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