Antoine GACHET D'ARTIGNY
Relation de ce qui s'est passé dans une assemblée tenue au bas du Parnasse...
Chez Jean 't Lam|à Amsterdam 1739|16 x 10 cm|relié
Account of what happened in an assembly held at the foot of Parnassus for the reform of belles lettres. A curious work composed of borrowed pieces, according to the method of the wits of our time.
Counterfeit of the first edition published the same year by Pierre Paupie in The Hague. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Leather lacking for 0.8cm (irregular) at the joints, along the spine.
Satire and denunciation of bad authors, and methods of pillaging to form new books. 500 authors are found in the index. This critique denounces false glories, renowned authors, in the form of a narrative featuring Apollo on Parnassus. The work had a resounding success. Barbier IV, 206.
Counterfeit of the first edition published the same year by Pierre Paupie in The Hague. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full speckled calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Leather lacking for 0.8cm (irregular) at the joints, along the spine.
Satire and denunciation of bad authors, and methods of pillaging to form new books. 500 authors are found in the index. This critique denounces false glories, renowned authors, in the form of a narrative featuring Apollo on Parnassus. The work had a resounding success. Barbier IV, 206.
€300