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11903Paris, Librairie Plon, Plon & Nourrit & Cie imprimeurs-éditeurs, Bibliothèque Française XVIIIe siècle, 1912, in-8 broché de 334 pp. frontispice. Couverture correcte, intérieur en bon état.
1379804639.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1717AQ19580London: Printed for W. Innys 1717. 16 xxxv 1 123 122-441 552 455- 464pp 4. With two terminal advertisement leaves. Contemporary gilt-tooled blind-panelled polished calf contrasting red morocco lettering-piece small shelf-label to head of spine. A trifle rubbed slightly chipped at head else a fine copy. The Macclesfield copy with the armorial 'North Library' bookplate shelf-mark 45.C.29 and typical armorial blind- stamps to title page and first two leaves of text pencilled shelf-marks to front endpapers. A choice copy of John Chamberlayne's significant translation of short biographies or 'Elogy as Mons. Fontenelle calls it' of eminent European scientists and mathematicians members of the French Academy of Sciences with excellent provenance: from the library of the dedicatee Thomas Parker 1st Earl of Macclesfield 1666-1732. Whilst the biographies within are translations of the work of Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657-1757 celebrated French author and secretary for forty-two years of the Academy of Sciences in the second half of the work English writer John Chamberlayne c.1668-1772 has added brief English abstracts of 'some of the Choicest Pieces Memoirs Dissertations &c' taken from the Academy's Transactions including work on flora fauna entomology 'Upon Bees' geological and meteorological phenomena. Chamberlayne's gushing dedication of this work to Lord Parker - then Lord Chief Justice - references the latter's patronage of the sciences was apparently presented 'without.consent or knowledge' and indeed is referenced in his later works also dedicated with similar gusto to the Earl of Macclesfield. This taken with the presence in the Macclesfield library of several copies of works presented to Chamberlayne including Miscellanea Berolinensia ad incrementum scientiarum Berlin 1710 inscribed by Dr. Daniel Ernst Jablonski likely acquired by Parker after the 1724 sale of the library of Chamberlayne pere et fils further suggests a close connection between the two. A printed postscript to the dedication of this work also directed by Chamberlayne at 'My Lord' Parker discusses the disagreement over 'the Differential Calculation as the Invention thereof which I think is every where ascribed to the late Mons. Liebnitz' and 'no where attributed as it ought to our own Countryman Sir Isaac Newton the First Mathematician in the World' and shares with his readership that 'Dr. Keill.has done our British Philosopher justice; and fully proved that which Mr. L did in some manner acknowledge to me when I attempted to reconcile these two Great Men that Sir I.N. might be the first inventor'. Although not a presentation copy per se given the connection between the translator and early owner this is surely one of the most interesting copies available of this significant work documenting the work of the French academicians. . First edition. 8vo. Printed for W. Innys unknown
628721London : printed for E. Mony; & J. Stone : and sold by J. Brotherton; T. Worrall; J. Penn; and W. Parker 1728 . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. - First UK Edition - Two books bound as one both w/ frontispiece present - Bound in brown cloth w/ morocco title label and paper library label to spine - Ex-library w/ plate to front pastedown endpaper - Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper - Front hinge breached but not open - Corners and spine ends bumped and frayed - Page edges browned - Some foxing throughout - Book ow/ solid and clean - viii 72/xi 94 pages No Jacket London : printed for E. Mony; & J. Stone : and sold by J. Brotherton; T. Worrall; J. Penn; and W. Parker, 1728 hardcover
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1740cmd20<p><strong> XVIIIth c. THEATRE – FEMINISM</strong></p><p><strong> AN <em>AVANT-GARDE</em> PLAY ON <em>"WOMEN'S CONSENT" </em></strong></p><p><strong> EXTREMELY RARE MANUSCRIPT BY FONTENELLE WITH CORRECTIONS </strong></p><p><strong> MANUSCRIPT</strong></p><p><strong> FONTENELLE Bernard le Bovier de</strong></p><p><strong> <em>Henriette</em> Paris 1740 </strong>32 pp.</p><p><strong> A precious autograph manuscript with corrections and variants of this innovative comedy written by Fontenelle in his eighties. It is the penultimate play he ever wrote. </strong></p><p>This comedy belongs to the theatre of the 18th century: a world of gallantry and sentiment centered on amorous sparring. <strong>But Fontenelle takes it further—although rooted in 18th-century conventions <em>Henriette</em> proves avant-garde in its critical perspective on women's roles in society and marriages of convenience</strong>. Far from being a mere comedy of manners it anticipates some Enlightenment ideas especially regarding female emancipation.</p><p><strong>It even contains an unusually forward-thinking development on women's consent Act I Scene 1: <em>"All that's missing is a trifle a word of consent."</em></strong></p><p>Our manuscript—which ends at Act IV Scene 4— shows traces of edits and revisions by Fontenelle ; some phrases have been crossed out or rewritten.</p><p><strong>A rare and invaluable glimpse into the making of an 18th-century play. </strong></p>
46325Frankfurt am Main Eichborn 1991 Auflage: 1. 1.-6. Tausend. kartoniert gebunden; goldgeprägtes Rückenschild in illustriertem Schuber / Anz. Seiten: 426 / 12 x 22 cm / Zustand: schönes Exemplar; Schuber etwas berieben Aus dem Französischen übersetzt kommentiert und mit Dossier und Nachwort versehen von Hans-Horst Henschen; = DIE ANDERE BIBLIOTHEK Band 66 herausgegeben von Hans Magnus Enzensberger; Exemplar der limitierten Erstausgabe. Frankfurt am Main, Eichborn, 1991, Auflage: 1., 1.-6. Tausend unknown
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178997584BB1789 . Paris: Le Directeur de la Bibliothèque rue d'Anjou ca. 1789. 16°. CXI 168 S. Leder. Vorsätze farbiges Leimpapier. Umlaufender Goldschnitt. Rückentitel in Goldschrift auf dunklerem Grund mit Dekor auf Rücken und Kanten und Filletten. altersmässig gebräunt; einige Stockflecken; Vorsätze angestaubt und etwas fleckig; Reihentitelseite Scharnier leicht gelöst; Kapital oben Läsur mit kleiner Fehlstelle; Rücken etwas beschabt =Bibliothèque universelle des Dames. Quatrième classe: Théatre. Second Volume Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657-1757 französischer Schriftsteller Neffe der Dramatiker Pierre und Thomas Corneille. unknown
1929007157London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. #1546 of an edition of 1600 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition. The Nonesuch Press Hardcover books
192946920England: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited to 1600 copies 8vo pp. x 138 2; full vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper cover t.e.g. color stencil illustrations by T. L. Poulton discoloration to binding along spine otherise a tight bright copy in decorated slipcase. Originally published in 1686 this book was one of the first to explore scientific concepts in popular language and one of the earliest to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life. <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
192922389London: Nonesuch Press 1929. Nonesuch Press unknown books
1929WRCLIT75016London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limp vellum over wrappers. Translated by John Glanvill prologue by D. Garnett. Color headpieces. One of 1600 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Ink name on free endsheet vellum a trifle dust darkened but a good copy without slipcase. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1929WRCLIT75022London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limp vellum over wrappers. Translated by John Glanvill prologue by D. Garnett. Color headpieces. One of 1600 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Faint tidemark at fore-edge of front pastedown otherwise a very good copy in edgeworn slipcase. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books
1698266792Paris: Michel Brunet 1698. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf spine in six compartments with raised bands. Wear to spine ends and corners contemporary manuscript notes to title-page. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A defence of the heliocentric model of the solar system one of the major early works of the Enlightenment. Michel Brunet unknown books
17081019128vo full leather calf spine label gilt decoration on spine engraved frontispiece 1 1 209 1 pp. Joints cracked and hinges weak some extremity wear some aging and browning but contents generally bright and clean. Fontenelle 1657-1757 was born in Rouen and was a noted French intellectual that lived almost 100 years. Voltaire described him as having "the most universal mind" of his era. While this work which was first published in 1683 enjoyed a fair amount of success. His sequel "New Dialogues of the Dead" faired even better. This edition is translated by John Hughes. While the OCLC locates a number of copies this edition does not show up all that often at auction and there do not appear to be many copies available. britannica online website.OCLC. Jacob Tonson, books
1737WB15641London: A. Bettesworth 1737. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; pp. x 189 1. modern calf rear board shows leather cracking. Engraved frontispiece worn and repaired. Large folding plate bound after preface present but stained and repaired along edges. First published in French in 1686 the author's most famous and frequently translated and reprinted book this English edition appears uncommon. Fontenelle's book "became a seminal influence on proto science fiction. This is one of the earliest works ever written popularizing science notably astronomy for the layman which it does by wittily presenting its speculations -- many about the possibility of life on other worlds -- in the form of conversations after dinner between the author and a marquise." - Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1993 p. 437. <br/><br/> A. Bettesworth hardcover books
