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Lettres.
Seuil, 1983. Fort volume in-8 br. Coll. " Le don des langues ". Lettres choisies, présentées et traduites par Cl. Demanuelli d'après l'édition N. Nicolson. E.O.
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Lettres Intimes - 1842-1845 - Précédées de ma seur Henriette. + Nouvelles Lettres Intimes - 1846-1850 - .
Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1896 + 1923. Both copies are uncut, numbered and on extra fine paper. They are bound w. all the orig. wrappers in two private very beautiful uniform half leather bindings of darker orange (like the wrappers) morocco w. single gilt line-frames and gilt titles on back. Flat capitals and top-edges gilt (Anker Kysters Eftf. 1977, -handsigned underneth the bookbinder-stamp by the particular bookbinder - ""Mogens Dickow Lund""). Small tear to corner of back wrapper of""Lettres Intimes"", otherwise a mint set.
First edition, numbered copies, of both works. The ""Lettres Intimes"" is number 5 of fifteen copies printed on Japan-paper: ""Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage quinze exemplaires sur papier Impérial du Japon. Tous numérotés. No. 5."" ""Nouvelles Lettres Intimes"" is number four of 50 copies on Holland-paper: ""Il a été tiré de cet ouvrage cinquante exemplaires sur papier de Hollande numérotés. No. 4.""Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. Renan's closest confidante was his sister, Henriette, who helped him quit the clerical carrier. They helped eachother financially, travelled together (e.g. on archaeological expeditions) and lived together for many years of their lives. His widely famous work, ""Vie de Jésus"" is dedicated to her, and their correspondence is very interesting and catching.
Lettres de Saint-James. 1. - 4. Partie (de 5).
Genève & Paris, 1820-23. 8vo. Bound in one nice, cont. half calf with faint gilt lettering and gilt blue title-label to spine. Corners a bit worn. Internally nice, with only a bit of minor scattered brownspotting. 103, (1) 142, (4) 185, (3)" 193, (3) pp., 2 folded plates.
First editions of these four first ""Letters"", by the influential Suiss Agronomer, Lullin de Chateauvieux. In their time, these letters were considered an important contribution to the analysis of contemporary affairs and economic and political thought. A fifth letter appeared in 1926, three years after the fourth.Lullin was a correspondent of the Academy of Sciences and of central society of agriculture of France as well as of the Géorgophiles of Florence, and a member of the Society of Arts in Geneva. He has written a number of important works within the field of agricultural science (e.g. the famous ""Lettres écrites d'Italie, 1812-13) and the rural condition and economy of France. In time, his focus turned to political matters, and his excellent abilities for observation, as well as his numerous relations to highly influential polititians and aristocrats, enabled him to contribute importantly to the political history of his own century. His most important work within this field is his ""Lettres de Saint-James"", which traces all of the opinions of the reformists" it is this work which bestowed upon him the reputation of a skilled and important historian of contemporary politics and economy. Barbier: 1261.
Lettres sur LÉlectricité. Dans lesquelles on examine les dernieres Découvertes qui ont été faites sur cette Matiere, & les conséquences que l'on en peut tirer. (+) Lettre sur L'electricité" Dans laquelle en soutient le principe des Effluences & Affl...
Paris, Hippolyte Louis Guerin, et L. F. Delatour, 1753 et 1760. Small 8vo. 2 uniform cont. full mottled calf. Raised band and richly gilt back. Corners a bit bumped. Top of spines with wear, small tears in hinges at upper compartment (but not loosening) Titlelabels on the first volume slightly worn. A small loss of leather at lower compartment on the first volume. Corners bumped. A small losss of leatner at lower right corner on volume one. XII,264 pp. + XII,284 pp. and 4 double-page folded engraved plates showing electrical experiments. + 3 (of 4) engraved plates. Internally clean, printed on good paper. From the library of le Comte de Caumia Baillenx, ""en son Chateau d'Andrain"" and with his mongram, blindtooled on both covers.
First edition of Nollet's ""Lettres..."", the first two parts, which he continued up to 1767. In his first book on electricity 1747 he explained the electrical phenemena in accordence with Cartesian concepts as 'attraction' and 'repulsions'. By this publication he immedeately became the chief of European electricians. After serious criticism from a group lead by Buffon, Nollet published his amusing set of Lettres (1753), containing a wealth of experimental counterexamples to contradict the opposing theories, which drew their strenght from Franklin's occasional obscurities.Wheeler Gift Nos 379 + 379a.
Memoires pour servir a l'histoire des hommes illustres dans la republique des lettres avec un catalogue raisonne de leurs ouvrages. Vol. 1-37, 39-41.
Paris, Briasson, 1727 - 1740. 8vo. Uniformly bound in 41 nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror bindings with five raised bands and richly gilt spines. Boards with scratches, occassionally with loss of leather. Internally nice and clean. Vols. 1-37 (vol. 10 in two bindings), 39-41.
First edition of this large and extensive bio-bibliography of European authors from the Renaissance to the 18th century. The earliest author is John Dee (d. 1607) and the latest being Guillaume Delisle (d. 1720). Jean-Pierre Nicéron was “A French lexicographer, born in Paris, 11 March, 1685, died there, 8 July, 1738. After his studies at the Collège Mazarin, he joined the Barnabites (August, 1702). He taught rhetoric in the college of Loches, and soon after at Montargis, where he remained ten years. While engaged in teaching, he made a thorough study of modern languages. In 1716 he went to Paris and devoted his time to literary work. His aim was to put together, in a logically arranged compendium, a series of biographical and bibliographical articles on the men who had distinguished themselves in literature and sciences since the time of the Renaissance. It required long research as well as great industry. After eleven years he published the first volume of his monumental work under the title of ""Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des hommes illustres de la république des lettres avec le catalogue raisonné de leurs ouvrages"" (Paris, 1727). Thirty-eight volumes followed from 1728 to 1738. The last volume from his pen was published two years after the author's death (Paris, 1740).”(Catholic Encyclopedi) “It has been often repeated that this work lacks method, ana that the length of many articles is out of proportion to the value of the men to whom they are devoted. This criticism, however true it may be, does not impair the genuine qualities and importance of the whole work. Even now, these ""Mémoires"" contain a great amount of information that could hardly be obtained elsewhere. Moreover, they refer to sources which, but for our author, would be easily overlooked or ignored.” (Ibid) A German translation was published in 1747-1777 Brunet IV, 55.
Lettres de l'illustrissime et reuerendissime Cardinal d'Ossat, Euesque de Bayeux, au Roy Henry le Grand et a Monsieur de Villeroy. Derniere edition. (+) Addition de Quelques lettres... - [16TH & 17TH FRENCH DIPLOMACY]
Paris, Henault, 1627. Folio. In contemporary full calf with six raised bands and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Double gilt line to boarders of boards. Wear to extremities, corners bumped and boards with scratches. Missing small part of lather to capitals. Previous owner's name to title-page in contemporary hand (Ioachim Frederic Basse). Internally nice and clean. 824, (8) pp." 28 pp. (portrait on p. 26).
Later expanded edition of diplomat Arnaud d'Ossat’s letters to King Henri IV of France offering a fascinating glimpse into late 16th and early 17th century politics. Arnaud d'Ossat was a French diplomat and cardinal known for his diplomatic skills and served as the French ambassador to several European countries, including Spain and Rome. He played a significant role in negotiating diplomatic agreements and treaties during his career. D'Ossat was also appointed as a cardinal by Pope Paul V in 1604. His diplomatic efforts were instrumental in maintaining relations between France and other European powers during a tumultuous period in European history. Arnaud d'Ossat served as a trusted advisor and diplomat to King Henri IV of France. Henri IV, also known as Henri of Navarre, was the king of France from 1589 until his assassination in 1610. D'Ossat's diplomatic skills were highly valued by Henri IV, D'Ossat played a significant role in Henri IV's foreign policy, particularly in negotiating peace treaties and diplomatic agreements with other European powers. He was involved in delicate negotiations aimed at ending the conflicts and wars that plagued Europe during that time, including the French Wars of Religion and the broader struggle for power between Catholic and Protestant states. “Cardinal D’Ossat was Henri IV’s representative at Rome, and from a Roman Catholic point of view, a hero in the attempt to reunite Christendom and reconcile Henri with Spain and the Papacy. (…) the letters are gathered as a coherent historical narrative in a book ‘du tout utile & du tout public.’ a book which offers a course of instruction in civil prudence. They exemplify D’Ossat’s moral and political thought: ‘candeur &liberté’, ‘la parfaicte sagesse’, ‘la dexterité admirable qu’il avoit au maniment des affaires’. The reader will not find pages of ‘compliments’ and ‘flatteries’, but ‘un parfait modelle sur lequel tous les ministres des Princes de toute qualité se devront former, soit pour la facon de traitter les affaires de vive voix, ou de les faire entendre par escrit tels qu’ils sont’. They are also, then, literary or rhetorical models. Furthermore, the letters of men such as D’Ossat, men treating the affairs of great Princes, represent the most serious and noteworthy of their actions. These kinds of writing, in short, give ‘l’ame à l’histoire’.” (Jan Papy. ""Self-presentation and Social Identification: The rhetoric and pragmatics of letter writing in early modern times"").
