Masterpieces of George Sand. Translated by George Burnham Ives

The Masterpieces of George Sand (Amandine Lucille Aurore Dupin, Baronese Dudevant) Translated by George Burnham Ives, Illustrated with photogravures after original Drawings by Oreste Cortazzo. 8vo.(5.75" x 8.75") Twenty volumes complete. 1900-02, Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son. Printed for Subscribers Only. For the First Time Completely Translated into English. Full green buckram with paper label to spine printed in red and black. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Some labels with tiny chips to edges, not affecting text. For the First Time Completely Translated into English. Printed Only for Subscribers. Illustrated with 120 photogravure plates. Very little edgewear, Near Fine. Edition de Nohant, Limited to One Thousand Numbered Copies with the Photogravures on Japan Paper Copy # 288, printed for Mr John Eberbach. Title pages in red and black. Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (French: 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand, was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. Being more renowned than either Victor Hugo or Honoré de Balzac in Britain in the 1830s and 1840s, Sand is recognised as one of the most notable writers of the European Romantic era. She has more than 50 volumes of various works to her credit, including tales, plays and political texts, alongside her 70 novels.Like her great-grandmother, Louise Dupin, whom she admired, George Sand advocated for women's rights and passion, criticized the institution of marriage, and fought against the prejudices of a conservative society. She was considered scandalous because of her turbulent love life, her adoption of masculine clothing, and her masculine pseudonym.