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New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. 0824011015 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1740 edition, London: Printed for T Woodward and Paul Vaillant. "Audacious and ambitious, liberal and déclassé society leader who was famed for organizing the notorious fêtes at Saint-Cloud; fond of intrigue, highly intelligent, and imaginative, held the 1st salon where writers and artists were elevated to the same status as aristocrats (Fontenelle, Marivaux, Montesquieu, Chesterfield, and Grimm were among those who frequented)." Her illegitimate son, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert was co-editor of the Encyclopédie with Diderot. Well regarded historical novel, written later in Madame de Tencin's life, and appearing under the name of her nephew, le Comte d'Pont de Veyle. ; The Flowering Of The Novel; Ex-Library; 288 pages .
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- Title SIESE OF CALAIS (The Flowering of the novel)
- Author Tencin
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- Publisher Dissertations-G
- Date 1975
- ISBN 9780824011017
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