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Charles de SAINT-EVREMOND (ou SAINT-EVREMONT)

Oeuvres meslées

Chez Pierre Mortier, à Paris 1699 - 1700, in-12 (10,5x15,6), (10) 317pp. ; 280pp. et (4) 285pp. (3) ; (8) 268pp. et (6) 266pp. (12) ; (12) 283pp. (1) ; 175pp. (1), 6 tomes en 3 volumes reliés.

New edition, at the wrong address of PIerre Mortier, probably published by Claude Barbin. The preface presents the edition in five volumes, the sixth volume was published in 1700; it contains the Praise and the portrait of Saint-Evremont, Speech on the critics, Apology of the works of Mr. de Saint-Evremont ... 6 pages of title in red and black, some with the sphere, others with the effigy of Amsterdam.
Binding in full icy blond calf of time. Back with nerves decorated with boxes with foliage in the corners and a tail wheel. Pieces of title and number for blond veal. Head cover of the first volume partially eliminated. Small lack on 2 boards. 3 blunt corners. traces of friction, especially on boards. Beautiful copy, particularly fresh.
Charles Marguetel de Saint-Denis, lord of Saint-Évremond (1614-1703), was a libertine moralist and critic, his thoroughness and critical independence announced the philosophers of the Enlightenment, and it was perhaps the first author who made criticism a profession. he cared little for his writings, which circulated mainly by manuscript during his lifetime. This edition, which collects various pieces by the author, including many letters, reviews, historical research and poetry is due to the abbot of raguenet, who completed the set of maxims by La Rochefoucault (p. 297- 326 T. IV), from a play by La Fontaine, from a letter from Corneille ... The literary success of Saint Evremont urged the literary to attribute many works to him, such these maxims by La Rochefoucault, significantly different from the editions by the same author.

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