1796 Lettres à Émilie sur la Mythologie (Demoustier) – Paris Printing, Cinquième

An authentic 18th-century French mythology work by Charles-Albert Demoustier, Lettres à Émilie sur la Mythologie presents classical Greco-Roman mythological figures through a refined epistolary format, blending Enlightenment-era scholarship with literary elegance. Written as instructional letters, the work was intended to educate while remaining accessible, reflecting late-18th-century French intellectual culture just prior to the Revolution.

This volume is the Cinquième Partie (Fifth Part), published in Paris in 1788, and features period marbled endpapers and engraved illustrations. Demoustier’s work occupies an important space between classical education, early comparative mythology, and pre-Romantic literary sensibilities. A desirable example of pre-Revolutionary French printing and mythological literature.