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Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. François de MARCILLAC DUC DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD REFLEXIONS OU SENTENCES ET MAXIMES MORALES Texte collationné sur l'édition de Paris de 1678 suivi des Maximes posthumes et de lettres originales 1983, Paris, Edition Jean de Bonnot Format : In-8 (21 x 14,5 cm), relié, LXXV-359 pages Reliure plein cuir de mouton havane décoré de motifs gaufrés, dos orné, titre doré à l'or fin 22 carats, tête de tranche dorée, signet illustré de gravures de deux gravures en frontispice et bandeaux Imprimé sur papier vergé filigrané à la forme ronde Etat : dorure parfaite, reliure solide, papier bien blanc, bel exemplaire poids : 1,1 kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus Edition. BOUND IN QUARTER VELLUM WITH MARBLED BOARDS, THIS 8vo LIMITED EDITION OF 1075 COPIES, OF WHICH THIS IS No. 699, IS IN VG CONDITION. INTRODUCTION IN ENGLISH BY KENNETH PRATT, TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, WHICH FOLLOWS, CLAIMS THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE THE EXACT AND LITERAL MEANING OF THE MAXIMS WHOSE ECONOMY OF LANGUAGE GIVES THE TRANSLATOR A HARD TASK. THIS EDITION IS THE FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH. THIS EDITION PLACES THE ORIGINAL FRENCH MAXIMS ON THE LEFT OF A DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD, AND THE ENGLISH ON THE PAGE OPPOSITE. AN INDEX OF CATEGORIES FOLLOWS THE MAXIMS. WILLIAM PATTERSON OF HALIFAX WERE THE PRINTERS, ON SAVOY ANTIQUE LAID PAPER, AND THE COAT OF ARMS OF LA ROCHEFOUCAULD IS REPRODUCED, IN CORRECT COLOURS ON THE FORE-TITLE PAGE. CONDITION VG. Limited Edition.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Neuf. TEXTE COLLATIONNE SUR L'EDITION DE PARIS DE 1678 SUIVI DES MAXIMES POSTHUMES ET DE LETTRES ORIGINALES-PETIT IN 8-370 PAGES-PLATS A DECORS REPOUSSES-TRANCHE SUPERIEURE DOREE-SIGNET-(100G).

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. ROD0096485: 1970. In-8. Relié plein cuir. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Mors fendus, Intérieur frais. 359 pages. Frontispice en noir et blanc. Bandeaux en noir et blanc en début de chapitre. Tranches rouges. Un signet. Contre-plats jaspés. Page ex-libris vierge. Dos à 5 nerfs. Epidermures. Dorures sur le dos. Illustrations incrustées sur les plats. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO40152001: 1957. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Bon état, Couv. partiel. décollorée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 313 pages. Quelques rousseurs sur la tranche. . . . Classification Dewey : 94.4-Editions numérotées.

188 x 104 pp. (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). XL, 290 pp., [1] leaf.Preface and notes by J.-F. Thénard. With the autobiographical essay "Self-Portrait by Himself" from the 1665 first edition, the introductions to the 1665 and the 1678 (fifth) editions, maxims removed from earlier editions, and the posthumously published essays "Reflections." EXQUISITE DARK BROWN MOROCCO, EXUBERANTLY GILT IN THE FANFARE STYLE, BY ZAEHNSDORF (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in, blind Exhibition stamp on rear doublure), covers with fillet border enclosing a panel with central oval strapwork medallion surrounded by rows of geometric ornaments, with sprays of leafy fronds connecting them and filling the space between, raised bands, spine compartments with central geometric ornament with leafy cornerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-ins with gilt fillets accented with leaf sprigs, crimson silk doublures and free endleaves, all edges gilt. Printer's device on title page. Front flyleaf with quote (in French) from the text ["It is more necessary to study men than to study books"] and "Christmas 1895" written in ink; recto of rear free endleaf with Taplow Court library label of William Grenfell, Baron Desborough. âMinor soiling to flyleaves, very faint browning to edges of leaves, otherwise very fine, the text clean and fresh, and in a virtually unworn binding bright with gilt. This comprehensive edition of the French moralist's famed collection of epigrams is offered here in a binding done in the fanfare style popular when this work was first printed. After a turbulent youth of court intrigue and aristocratic rebellions against King Louis XIII, François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-80) settled into a quiet life in the Parisian salons of Madame de Sablé, Madame de Sévigné, and Madame de La Fayette. It was among this intellectual, witty society that he honed the pithy epigrams that would have such an influence on French literature and culture. As the Oxford Companion notes, "The high degree of polish in the phrasing of the 'Maximes,' which excel in conciseness, precision, and appropriateness of expression, is to some extent due to discussions among his friends . . . . The work is a collection of some 500 gnomic sentences in which the author analyses the motives of human conduct with merciless penetration. While he recognizes in rare cases the existence of pure virtue and disinterested sentiments, he finds them tainted, almost universally, with some element of self-love or interested motive." Voltaire drew on La Rochefoucauld's views when writing "Candide," and the "Maximes" impacted the works of French writers from Stendhal to André Gide, as well as philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and English novelist Thomas Hardy. The duke's worldview would have resonated with former owner William Grenfell, Baron Desborough (1855-1945), a sportsman and indefatigable public servant who was one of the founding members of The Souls (fl. 1886-1900), an elite group of friends whose social gatherings for intellectual discussions were perhaps Victorian London's closest approximation of a Parisian salon. Although other members included prominent and accomplished men and women, it was the parties given by Grenfell's wife and fellow Soul Ettie that attracted guests like Vita Sackville-West, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Oscar Wilde, Edward VII (when Prince of Wales), and Winston Churchill. One can easily imagine one of the Souls presenting this volume to the Grenfells for Christmas in 1895. By one of the great London workshops, the binding here is a modified example of the fanfare style of decoration popular in France from the late 16th to mid-17th century. The main features of this style, in Glaister's words, "are interlacing ribbons" that form "compartments of various shapes, with emphasis given to a central compartment." Ornaments made with small hand tools "fill all the compartments except the central one and almost completely cover the sides." The fanfare style is perhaps most frequently associated with the work of Nicolas and Clovis Eve, court binders and booksellers to successive kings of France from about 1578 to 1634. It is generally believed that the term "fanfare" actually took its name from an early 17th century music book (the title of which begins with the word "fanfare") acquired by the bibliophile Charles Nodier in 1829. The book was bound for Nodier by the famous Parisian binder Joseph Thouvenin, using an appropriately retrospective design in imitation of the Eves' style, which from that point forward came to be known as "fanfare." The Zaehnsdorf bindery produced a number of bindings in this genre with their usual expertise. Hungarian-born Joseph Zaehnsdorf (1816-86) served his apprenticeship in Stuttgart, worked at a number of European locations as a journeyman, and then settled in London, where he was hired first by Westley and then by Mackenzie before opening his own workshop in 1842. His son and namesake took over the business at 33, when the senior Joseph died, and the firm flourished under the son's leadership, becoming a leading West End bindery. Over the years, Zaehnsdorf employed a considerable number of distinguished binders, including the Frenchman Louis Genth (who was chief finisher from 1859-84), and trained a number of others, including Roger de Coverly and Sarah Prideaux. A family-run business until 1947, the Zaehnsdorf bindery continued to produce consistently attractive, tasteful, and innovative designs executed with unfailing skill. It is generally understood that the Zaehnsdorf firm reserved the use of its oval stamp showing a binder at work for their finest bindings, including those entered in exhibitions.…

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Francois, Duc de. REFLEXIONS OU SENTENCES ET MAXIMES MORALES. Two volumes bound as one. Paris: Chez Lefevre, 1822. 12mo. Contemporary quarter calf. Frontispiece, (viii), 221; (iv), 140 pages. La Rochefoucauld's "Maxims" were first published in 1665 and went through many editions. Their influence extended into the age of Voltaire who said that he contributed to the "taste of the Nation." His insights into human motivations and character penetrated the superficial shell of people and were a sharp analysis of the leading people of mid-seventeenth century France. Foxing. Good. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Reflections; Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims | Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2018 | [.] | EAN 9781387805396 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Reflections; Or, Sentences and Moral Maxims (Hardcover) | Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2018 | [.] | EAN 9781387805372 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. …