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First and only edition, very rare, of a delightful illustrated account of a girl’s doll. Brillantine, a doll, is given to Célénie for company while her elder sister Alméa is in Africa; the book recounts in detail their relationship over the course of a week, from Brillantine’s arrival with the family d’Ervilliers (on Saturday 18 May 1844), the provision of her wardrobe and furnishing of her apartment (a cabinet overlooking the garden), her education by Célénie, and their adventures meeting other girls and dolls and going on a horse-ride.

The work ends with Brillantine’s departure and the promise of further stories, subsequently published in 1848 as Les Soirées de la poupée, ou suite des ‘Récréations d’une petite fille’.

No copies traced in the US, and only one in the UK, at Wimpole Hall; OCLC records copies of both works at BnF only.

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