Louis-Antoine de CARACCIOLI

Louis-Antoine de CARACCIOLI

Born6 novembre 1719
Died29 mai 1803
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Né en 1721 d'après Michaud, en 1723, d'après Cioranescu, en 1719, d'après le DBF. Entre, en 1739, dans la congrégation de l'Oratoire qu'il quitte peu après. Auteur d'ouvrages littéraires, historiques, politiques, théologiques, etc
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  • CARACCIOLI Louis-Antoine Marquis de
  • AUTEUR DE LA "CONVERSATION AVEC SOI-MÊME
  • AUTEUR DE LA "GAIETÉ
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CARACCIOLI, Louis-Antoine de
  1. Lettres récréatives et morales sur les moeurs du temps
    Louis-Antoine Marquis de CARACCIOLI

    Lettres récréatives et morales sur les moeurs du temps

    Se vend chez Bassompierre • Van dern Berghen|à Paris 1768|10 x 17 cm|relié

    New edition.



    Contemporary full marbled brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Tan morocco title and volume labels. Lacks at head of volume I. Tailcap of volume II split off. Upper joint of volume III opened at head. Upper corners very bumped and worn bare.
    Collection of moral letters on contemporary manners. According to the author's preface which criticizes epistolary novels, these letters would be real and addressed to a certain Count.


    €250
  2. Lettres interessantes du Pape Clement XIV
    Louis-Antoine Marquis de CARACCIOLI

    Lettres interessantes du Pape Clement XIV

    Chez Lottin le jeune|à Paris 1776|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition, after the first published in 1775.
    Full marbled brown sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. Set rubbed. 2 corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
    The first edition of these letters met with great success and gave rise to several piracies. The authenticity of these letters was contested from their publication in 1775, which the translator defends against in the preface of this second edition, attesting to their provenance and railing against the false editions. It is however a literary hoax whose author is the Marquis de Caraccioli. The letters address very varied subjects, Italy, piety, natural sciences, solitude, etc.
    €300
  3. L'univers enigmatique. [Ensemble] Le véritable mentor, ou l'éducation de la noblesse
    Louis-Antoine Marquis de CARACCIOLI

    L'univers enigmatique. [Ensemble] Le véritable mentor, ou l'éducation de la noblesse

    Chez Bassompierre|à Francfort; [Frankfurt am Main] • Lille 1761|9 x 16.50 cm|relié
    New edition of these two works by the marquis. The first of l'univers énigmatique appears to have been published in 1759, and that of le Véritable mentor also in 1759.
    Full marbled and glazed brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Damage with lacks at head. One corner severely bumped. Handsome copy.
    A polygraph and philosopher, the marquis de Caraccioli endeavors in this work intended to illuminate certain enigmas of Christian faith, to construct the foundations of a modern faith in accordance with the Enlightenment, thereby strongly opposing the deists. A preface was added for the second edition of le Mentor. This treatise on education had...
    €300
  4. L'univers énigmatique [Ensemble] Le véritable mentor [Ensemble] Le tableau de la mort [Ensemble] La conversation avec soi-même [Ensemble] Les caractères de l'amitié [Ensemble] La jouissance de soi-même [Ensemble] De la gaieté [Ensemble] La grandeur d'âme [Ensemble] Le langage de la religion [Ensemble] Le langage de la raison [Ensemble] Le cri de la vérité contre la séduction du siècle [Ensemble] La religion de l'honnête homme [Ensemble] Le chrétien du tems [Ensemble] L'esprit de Monsieur le Marquis de Caraccioli
    Louis-Antoine Marquis de CARACCIOLI

    L'univers énigmatique [Ensemble] Le véritable mentor [Ensemble] Le tableau de la mort [Ensemble] La conversation avec soi-même [Ensemble] Les caractères de l'amitié [Ensemble] La jouissance de soi-même [Ensemble] De la gaieté [Ensemble] La grandeur d'âme [Ensemble] Le langage de la religion [Ensemble] Le langage de la raison [Ensemble] Le cri de la vérité contre la séduction du siècle [Ensemble] La religion de l'honnête homme [Ensemble] Le chrétien du tems [Ensemble] L'esprit de Monsieur le Marquis de Caraccioli

    1762 - 1768|10 x 17 cm|6 volumes reliés
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