Demoustier, Charles Albert. – Lettres a Émilie sur la mythologie.

*Letters to Émilie on Mythology* is a famous epistolary and poetic work written by Charles-Albert Demoustier and published in several volumes between 1786 and 1798. Presented in the form of lessons addressed to a young student, this classic enjoyed immense success in the late 18th century for its light and playful style. The Letters to Émilie sur la mythologie, epistolary ensemble of lessons addressed to a young student on holiday composed in prose interspersed with passages in verse (prosimeter). Emilie’s model was undoubtedly the famous Marie-Guillemine Benoist, whose salon of the hotel of Vougy was the rendezvous of all that Paris retained spiritual causers. Demoustier was the assiduous host. The book achieved the greatest success in its time, and almost did school. It is indeed full of spirit traits, protrusions and madrigals that make it an extraordinary satire of the society of time. – Here present an later, illustrated edtion with beautiful engraved plates. – Very occasionally some light stains, joints a bit rubbed.