Proust, Primoli, la moda : otto lettere inedite di Proust e tre saggi
1961, First Edition. Roma : Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura. Very good paperback copy; wrappers gently age-toned and showing light edgewear. Remains well-preserved overall; internally bright and clean. Provenance; The copy of art dealer Adrian Eeles, with his autograph and bookplate. Item #474127
Series; Quaderni di cultura francese ; 3. Physical description; 122 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Text in Italian; excerpts from letters in French. Contents; Otto lettere inedite di Marcel Proust al Conte Primoli – Lucio D'Ambra e Marcel Proust – Personaggi Proustiani: Madame Swann e i suoi vestiti – "Tailleurs," "Tea-Gowns" e anglomania nella società borghese "fin-de-siècle." Subjects; Proust, Marcel – Correspondence. Proust, Marcel – Criticism and interpretation. Primoli, Giuseppe, conte (1852-1927). D'Ambra, Lucio (1880-1939). Fashion in literature. 20th century. 1960s. Letters. Unpublished correspondence. Literary criticism. Essays. Illustrated. Fin-de-siècle. Fashion history.
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