Step into the intellectual salons of Enlightenment Paris with this 1796 edition of Lettres à Émilie sur la Mythologie, written by Charles-Albert Demoustier. Styled as letters written to a young woman named Émilie, the book gently introduces the rich tapestry of Greek and Roman mythology through elegant prose, wit, and moral reflections.
This volume — the Cinquième Partie — was published in Paris during the turbulent years of the French Revolution (Year IV of the French Republic). The text captures a society in flux, balancing reverence for classical learning with the upheavals of a modern age seeking new foundations.
•Author: Charles-Albert Demoustier (1760–1801), French poet and moralist
•Title: Lettres à Émilie sur la Mythologie
•Part: Cinquième Partie (Fifth Part)
•Publication: Paris, 1796 (An Quatrième of the French Republic)
•Binding: Contemporary leather, richly gilt-tooled spine with red title label
•Features: Striking marbled endpapers, engraved vignette frontispiece, and an armorial bookplate (“Bibliothèque de Mr. le C. Frederic de Poutats”)
•Condition: Wear to boards and hinges consistent with age; gilt spine remains bold; pages clean and legible with light toning.
This is more than a book — it is a bridge between the ancients and the Enlightenment, carrying forward the myths of Greece and Rome into the drawing rooms of revolutionary France.
✨ A rare and collectible volume for lovers of mythology, Enlightenment literature, or 18th-century French printing.