The Lady's Travels into Spain: Or, a Genuine Relation of the Religion, Laws, Commerce, Customs and Manners of that Country (Vol. II) Written by The Countess of Danois, 1774 (AB506)

Published 1774: New Improved Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Volume II

Original brown full leather with gilt ribbed titles and decoration on the spine. 329 very clean and bright slightly age-toned pages. Boards are rubbed and faded with time, bumped on the corners and frayed along the spine ends and edges consistent with age but remain firm and intact. Overall a well preserved and extremely rare original publication. Very Scarce! (AB506)

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Published by T. Davies, Covent Garden, London, 1774 - Volume II

The lady's travels into Spain or, a genuine relation of the religion, laws, commerce, customs, and manners of that country. Written by the Countess of Danois, in a series of letters to a friend at Paris. ... . A new edition, improved. To which is added, a description of the present King of Spain, his Manner of living; the Characters of his Ministers, and other Officers of the Court of Spain, &c. With Instructions how to travel in Spain, and an accurate Account of the Roads of that Country.

Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, Baroness d'Aulnoy 1652 – 1705), also known as Countess d'Aulnoy, was a French author known for her literary fairy tales. Her 1697 collection Les Contes des Fées (Fairy Tales) coined the literary genre's name and included the first story to feature "Prince Charmant" or Prince Charming. She is considered to have been a member of les conteuses group of French female authors.Google Books.