Two volumes. Demy 8vo. (6), 255, (2); (6), 235, (2) pp; decorative chapter heads in blue; marbled endpapers; rebound in quarter calf over brown boards with decorative gilt spine embellished in red and green, with the original wrapper bound in; top edges of the page gilt. A handsome set, one of 1000 copies onn 'vélin teinté' On Love, philosophical discourse by Stendhal, published in 1822 as De l'amour. The work was prompted by Stendhal's hopeless love for Métilde Dembowski. The first part of 'De L'Amour' ('On Love') is an analysis of love, in which Stendhal lists four kinds of love: physical love, purely sexual in scope; love as a social game, removed from passion; vanity love, a type necessary for high social standing; and passion, the finest form of love, which the author idealised and to which he devotes most of his attention. Stendhal also outlines seven progressive stages of love, from admiration to crystallisation, or the process by which the lover attributes all types of perfection to the beloved. In the second part of the work Stendhal presents his views, considered radical at the time, against marriage and favouring the full education and moral liberty of women (Encyclopedia Britannica). Seller Inventory # 12260

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Title: DE L'AMOUR (OF LOVE)

Publisher: Paris : René Kieffer

Publication Date: 1924

Binding: Hardcover

Book Type: Book

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