Clarisse Harlowe. Traduction nouvelle Et seule complète ; Par M. Le Tourneur. Faite sur l’édition originale revue par Richardson ; Ornée de figures du célèbre Chodowiecki, de Berlin. Dédiée & présentée A monsieur, frère du roi. Translated: Clarissa Harlowe. New translation And the only complete one; By M. Le Tourneur. Made from the original edition revised by Richardson; Adorned with illustrations by the famous Chodowiecki of Berlin. Dedicated & presented To the King’s brother.

Clarisse Harlowe. Traduction nouvelle Et seule complète ; Par M. Le Tourneur. Faite sur l’édition originale revue par Richardson ; Ornée de figures du célèbre Chodowiecki, de Berlin. Dédiée & présentée A monsieur, frère du roi. Translated: Clarissa Harlowe. New translation And the only complete one; By M. Le Tourneur. Made from the original edition revised by Richardson; Adorned with illustrations by the famous Chodowiecki of Berlin. Dedicated & presented To the King’s brother.

Author: Richardson, Samuel 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761 ; M. Le Tourneur (Trans.)

8vo.(4.75" x 7.5")1785-86 Richardson, Samuel; M. Le Tourneur (Trans.). Geneva, Paris. Paul Barde, Moutard. 10 volumes complete, all engravings as called for, 21 + frontispiece. Half brown calf with small corners over tan paper boards. Spines with five raised bands, gilt title/author on fancy gilt framed red leather to second compartment, gilt vol# on fancy gilt rule framed biege leather to third compartment, gilt publisher colophon to foot of spine, gilt rule bordering all other bands. All edges reddened, printed floral endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, most with small loss to tips, covers soiled, a little staining. Some spine heads with tiny closed tears, Vol.IX lacking tiny chip to head. Armorial bookplates of A. Wengersky to front pastedowns. 10 lines of maunscript in old ink to first freeleaf of Vol.I, basically a book review by others. Vols. I-VII with sun-faded spine labels lightening the red to orange, and the green to beige (see pic), Vols. VII-X not affected. A beautiful set of books. Illustrated with 21 engravings and an engraved frontispiece, as called for. First edition with these illustrations. "By far the most significant and beautiful achievement are the fifteen engravings for the French translation of the soul novel Clarissa. Here the artist found a material whose sensitive small painting was closely related to his own work. Each of these sheets is a perfect work of art. With them Chodowiecki has reached the climax of his work" (Lanck./Oehler II, 118). An epistolary novel by English writer Samuel Richardson, originally published in 1748. The novel tells the tragic story of a young woman, Clarissa Harlowe, whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family. The Harlowes are a recently wealthy family whose preoccupation with increasing their standing in society leads to obsessive control of their daughter, Clarissa. It is considered one of the longest novels in the English language (based on estimated word count). It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece.

Samuel Richardson 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761 was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). He printed almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, working periodically with the London bookseller Andrew Millar. Richardson had been apprenticed to a printer, whose daughter he eventually married. He lost her along with their six children, but remarried and had six more children, of whom four daughters reached adulthood, leaving no male heirs to continue the print shop. As it ran down, he wrote his first novel at the age of 51 and joined the admired writers of his day. Leading acquaintances included Samuel Johnson and Sarah Fielding, the physician and Behmenist George Cheyne, and the theologian and writer William Law, whose books he printed. At Law's request, Richardson printed some poems by John Byrom. In literature, he rivalled Henry Fielding; the two responded to each other's literary styles.

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