Lot 19: [BRONTË, CHARLOTTE.]

[BRONTË, CHARLOTTE.] VILLETTE. BY CURRER BELL. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER & CO., 1853 8vo (196 x 122mm.), first edition, publisher's catalogue dated January 1853 at the end of volume 1, original grayish yellowish brown ribbed morocco cloth, covers decorated in blind with borders enclosing floral designs, spines also decorated in blind and lettered in gilt, pale yellow-coated endpapers, preserved in folding cloth box, a few small spots or stains to the text, some tiny edge tears

Smith 6; Sadleir 349

A near fine copy in the original cloth of Charlotte Brontë's final novel, highly prized by modern critics for its sophisticated narration and ambiguity.