Maxims and moral reflections
ROCHEFOUCAULT, Duke de la
Published by Printed for William at the Minerva Press, London, 1795
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xii, 127pp, [5]. With an engraved frontispiece. Attractively bound in contemporary richly gilt-tooled dark green straight-grain morocco, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed and bowed. Scattered spotting, long horizontal tear to leaf M2, not touching text. A rare survival of the first Minerva Press edition, in a handsome Regency binding, of French moralist Francois de La Rochefoucauld's (1613-1680) perennially popular epigrams, first published anonymously in 1665 as Reflexions; ou, sentences et maximes morales. Better known as the largest contemporary publishers, with a circulating library established at Leadenhall St. around 1790, of both Gothic and sentimental fiction - often in triple-decker format - William Lane's Minerva Press also reprinted popular works of non-fiction such as this title. The influence of the work cannot be understated, with Thomas Hardy, Nietzsche, and Stendal numbering among La Rochefoucauld's disciples. ESTC records copies at four locations in the British Isles (BL, Leeds, Liverpool, and Oxford), and just one further location in North America (Harvard). Blakey p.171, ESTC T84197. Size: 12mo. Seller Inventory # AQ28674
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Title: Maxims and moral reflections
Publisher: Printed for William at the Minerva Press, London
Publication Date: 1795
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: An improved edition.
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Preceptive Moral and Sentimental Pieces; Maxims and Reflections; Poems; Songs Goethe, et. al.: Rochefoucault, Duke de la; Gay John; Knott, T. (publisher)
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Maxims, and Moral Reflections With a Biographical Preface and an Appendix by the Editor
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Preceptive Moral and Sentimental Pieces; Maxims and Reflections; Poems; Songs
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