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1864ABC_45229Paris 1864. Folio 275 x 365 and 37 x 555 cm. Imprimerie Impériale/Nationale Contemporary wrappers. Plates stored in two half cloth portfolios. With 70 engraved and lithographed numbered plates including 1 folding 1 folding map and 8 plansincluding 3 folding a few in contemporary hand colouring and several illustrations in the text. 14 volumes bound as 13 7 of text and 7 of plates the latter bound as 6. 4 884 4 pp. Very rare complete set of the first edition of a monumental and extensively illustrated description of the 1860/61 archaeological expedition to Lebanon and Syria commissioned by Napoleon III and led by the renowned scholar of Semitic languages Joseph Ernest Renan. The text volumes give a vivid account of the expedition its route and findings and include several illustrations in the text while the plates provide additional documentation of the archaeological sites visited. Engraved by Jules Penel 1833-post 1910 Georges Erhard Schièble 1821-80 and others they include a map of the expedition area Phoenician monuments at Amrit Arwad Byblos Sidon and other places as well as a folding plate showing the Kabr Hiram mosaic and 3 folding plans depicting Sidon and the Sidon necropolis.This important work documents the state of the excavations at that time and triggered further research on the Phoenicians. A facsimile edition appeared in 1998.Text volumes untrimmed with all deckles preserved. Some wrappers faded extremities bumped. Paper somewhat browned as common; plates fresh and clean.l Harris Lebanon p. 175. ABE CAT Art History hardcover
LCS-A33«Pour un esprit philosophique, c’est-à-dire un esprit préoccupé des origines, il n’y a vraiment dans le passé de l’humanité que trois histoires de premier intérêt : l’histoire grecque, l’histoire d’Israël, l’histoire romaine. Ces trois histoires réunies constituent ce qu’on peut appeler l’histoire de la civilisation». (E. Renan) Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1887-1893. 5 volumes in-8 : I/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., xxix pp., 455 pp. ; II/ (2) ff., iv pp., 545 pp., (3) pp. bl. ; III/ vii pp., 527 pp. ; IV/ (2) ff., 411 pp. ; V/ (2) ff., 427 pp., grand papier japon, demi-maroquin bleu à coins, têtes dorées, couvertures oranges et dos conservés. Reliure signée P. L. Martin. 242 x 153 mm.
1863186022Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1863. The life of Jesus First edition one of a very small number printed on papier Hollande of a work with profound and lasting cultural repercussions which took its lead from German higher criticism and pictured Jesus through the lens of historical rationalism upsetting both ecclesiastical authorities and secular nationalists. Vie de Jésus was an extraordinary literary event selling 146000 copies in the first 18 months 10 printings in the first year and being translated almost at once into numerous other languages. The book was intended as the first book in the eight-volume series Histoire des Origines du Christianisme and contains a series half-title to that effect. Renan was persuaded by his sister Henriette to write the work. He began it with her help while they were travelling through Syria - where she died of a fever that nearly claimed his life as well. The book is dedicated to her memory. Years earlier Renan had written "I envy the man who shall evoke from the past the origins of Christianity. Such a writer would compose the most important book of the century." Octavo 235 x 140 mm pp. iv lix 462 2. Recent half blue morocco by Devauchelle spine elaborately decorated in gilt between raised bands direct lettered in gilt marbled paper sides original buff printed wrappers preserved uncut and partly unopened. Housed in a morocco edged marbled paper slipcase. Ex libris of Georges Vandaele 1924-2009 to front free endpaper. Very occasional light spotting; a very good copy. Printing and the Mind of Man 352. hardcover
186344687Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Lex 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in a very nice and elegant half morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt author and title to spine (Trinckvel). Wrappers a bit soiled, and a small repair to margin of front wrapper. Lower right corner of first two leaves repaired, far from afecting lettering. Otherwise a fine copy. Original handwritten and signed letter from Renan inserted between front end-papers. Withe the half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). (4), LIX, (1), 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).
186344687Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1863. Lex 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in a very nice and elegant half morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt author and title to spine Trinckvel. Wrappers a bit soiled and a small repair to margin of front wrapper. Lower right corner of first two leaves repaired far from afecting lettering. Otherwise a fine copy. Original handwritten and signed letter from Renan inserted between front end-papers. Withe the half-title "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier". 4 LIX 1 462 pp. 1 leaf colophon. <br/><br/><em>True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The 1 full page original handwritten and signed E. Renan letter is dated August 1869 is about a certain Mr. Bambal who Renan writes has left made a very good impression on him and has been a great help during his candidacee. He praises him as an intlligent man. Renan furthermore mentions a book that he wishes to give to the brother of the addressee of the letter. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity" which he continued with "The Apostles" 1866 "Saint Paul" 1869 "The Anti-Christ" 1873 "The Gospels" 1877 "The Christian Church" 1879 and "Marcus Aurelius" 1881 but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus". Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." PMM 352. This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle albeit oracular visionary his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man but not the Son of God. In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." PMM 352. "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan 1823-1892 et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme". on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui au point de vue "scientifique" est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen" Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. Apart from causing a world-wide scandal the work was also a world-wide success and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting charming descriptions of sceneries its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages des seductions du style enfin n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. 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 scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. </em> hardcover
186771145Paris: Michel Lévy frères 1867. Fine. Michel Lévy frères Paris 1867 15 x 23 cm relié Definitive edition with some parts in first edition as revised and expanded bearing a statement of thirteenth edition. Bradel binding in full speckled paper smooth spine burgundy shagreen title-label covers preserved binding signed P. Goy and C. Vilaine. Covers stained soiled and with two small marginal lacks filled on the second cover. Some occasional foxing. Precious signed autograph inscription from Ernest Renan to the painter and journalist Edouard Bertin in the upper margin of the first cover: ""A M. Ed. Bertin souvenir affectueux"" ""To Mr. Ed. Bertin fond remembrance"". Michel Lévy frères unknown
LCS-4113L’un des 25 premiers exemplaires imprimés sur papier du Japon. Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1886.In-8 de (2) ff., vi pp. de préface, (1) f., 110 pp., (1) f., (1) f.bl. Relié en plein maroquin brun janséniste à grain long, dos à nerfs, double filet doré sur les coupes, doublures de reps bordeaux ornées de nombreux filets dorés, gardes de reps bordeaux, tranches dorées, non rogné avec témoins, couvertures conservées. Reliure signée de Canape R. D. 243 x 155 mm.
186331826Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1863. Bound totally uncut w. the orig. wrappers also the back in a near cont. green marbled cardboardbdg. w. red gilt title- and tome-labels to back. Capitals w. traces of use and back a bit faded but otherwise nice and solid. Wrappers lightly soiled. Woodcut portrait of Renan inserted as frontispiece not called for. W. half-title "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier". A very nice and clean copy -only a couple of leaves w. very minor brownspotting. 4 LIX 462 pp. 1 leaf colophon. <br/><br/><em>True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity" which he continued with "The Apostles" 1866 "Saint Paul" 1869 "The Anti-Christ" 1873 "The Gospels" 1877 "The Christian Church" 1879 and "Marcus Aurelius" 1881 but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus". Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." PMM 352. This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle albeit oracular visionary his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man but not the Son of God. In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." PMM 352. "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan 1823-1892 et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme". on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui au point de vue "scientifique" est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen" Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. Apart from causing a world-wide scandal the work was also a world-wide success and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting charming descriptions of sceneries its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages des seductions du style enfin n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. 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 scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. </em> unknown
186771145Michel Lévy frères | Paris 1867 | 15 x 23 cm | relié
111433Camann Lévy, Editeur Paris 1887-1891 5 volumes grand in-8 ( 255 X 215 mm ) de 455, 545, 527, 411 et 427 pages, brochés sous couverture imprimée tango. EDITION ORIGINALE, 1 des 30 exemplaires numérotés sur Japon ( N°8 ), seul grand papier. SUPERBE EXEMPLAIRE en parfaite condition, rarissime en grand papier, témoins conservés.
186335937Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1863. 8vo. Orig. green hcloth w. gilt spine. Upper back hinge cracked and spine a bit crooked. Corners a bit bumped. A very nice copy w. only occasional minor brownspotting. Old owner's inscription to title-page. W. half-title "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier". 4 LIX 1 462 2 pp. <br/><br/><em>True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity" which he continued with "The Apostles" 1866 "Saint Paul" 1869 "The Anti-Christ" 1873 "The Gospels" 1877 "The Christian Church" 1879 and "Marcus Aurelius" 1881 but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus". Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." PMM 352. This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle albeit oracular visionary his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man but not the Son of God. In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." PMM 352. "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan 1823-1892 et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme". on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui au point de vue "scientifique" est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen" Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. Apart from causing a world-wide scandal the work was also a world-wide success and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting charming descriptions of sceneries its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages des seductions du style enfin n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. 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 scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. </em> hardcover
1891168820Paris: Imprimerie Nationale 1891. First fruits of Arabia First edition second issue with a cancel title page dated 1891 of this work originally published in 1884. This is the first publication in English of any account of Doughty's travels in Arabia predating Travels in Arabia Deserta by four years. The preface is in French by the semitic scholar Ernest Renan. In 1865 the German orientalist Theodor Nöldeke proposed that the Nabataean rock carvings in Jordan contained the origins of the Arabic script. For this hypothesis "Doughty's book remains an invaluable mine of source material. He had the advantages of a slow pace almost unlimited time an amazingly observant eye and perhaps most of all the compulsion to record without omissions every fact observed" Tabachnick p. 17. Doughty 1843-1926 arrived at Ma'an in May 1875 after a three-month camel journey through Sinai. There he heard of the Nabataean inscriptions at Mada'in Salih and nearby Hijr. Although neither the British Association nor the Royal Geographical Society was willing to provide financial support he spent a year studying Arabic and set out with the pilgrim caravan in 1876. He planned only a brief stay in the region but ended up wandering in Arabia for nearly two years: his adventures included a visit to Mohammed ibn Rashidthe ruler of northern Arabia a period of imprisonment by a Turkish commandant at Khaybar a series of dangerous episodes at Buraydah 'Unayzah and Mecca and a stay with the sharif of Mecca at Ta'if. A preliminary report in German of Doughty's observations appeared in the periodical Globus in 1881. Quarto 287 x 220 mm. With 54 plates mostly heliographs 9 folding 3 maps; text in French and English. Recent brown half calf to style flat spine ruled in gilt and blind black morocco label marbled boards top edge cut. Slightly scuffed mild damp stain at in the head margin affecting some leaves and plates throughout occasional toning of edges largely unopened. A very good copy. Macro 855. D. G. Hogarth Life of Charles M. Doughty 1928; Stephen E. Tabachnick ed. Explorations in Doughty's Arabia Deserta 2012. hardcover
13958Edouard Pelletan Editeur "Paris, 1899, in-4 maroquin chocolat, dos à cinq nerfs orné de filets et palmettes dorés, date en queue. Double filet doré sur les coupes, toutes tranches dorées sur témoins, plats encadrés d'un double filet doré avec en son centre un décor filets, palmettes et roulettes à la grecque figurant un temple stylisé. Large frise dorée à la grecque sur les contreplats. Gardes de moire bleu-nuit. Couvertures et dos conservés. Etui bordé. Reliure signée CHAMBOLLE-DURU. 40pp. Compositions de Bellery-Desfontaines gravées par Eugène Froment et tirées en noir et brique. Tirage à 400 exemplaires, celui-ci un des 25 de tête réimposé grand in-4 sur Japon ancien comprenant une grande aquarelle originale signée de Bellery-Defontaines, une double suite d'épreuves d'artiste, sur Chine et sur Japon mince, signées par le graveur. Notre exemplaire comporte en outre reliés in-fine : Le prospectus de publication, sur Japon au format grand in-4 et sur vélin au format petit in-4 ainsi que le carton d'invitation, sur ces deux papiers, à l'exposition des aquarelles, dessins et fumés ayant servis à cette édition. Carteret IV-337 """"Belle publication très cotée, conçue dans une note antique, du plus heureux effet. L'illustrateur, de grand talent, a été particulièrement inspiré et l'excellent graveur, mérite tous les éloges. C'est d'ailleurs l'une des plus belles publications de cet éditeur."""
189870526Bureaux De La Gazette Dez Beaux-Arts. As New. 1898. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 16 pages of text. 8 illustations within the text 3 illustrations outside the text. -- with a bonus offer-- . Bureaux De La Gazette Dez Beaux-Arts paperback
1882457838Paris; Paris; Venice: Dunod; Calamann Lévy; S. Lazarus 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. Three works in one volume: Lalanne’s Exposé de Deux Méthodes in the original wrapper inscribed to a French soldier; the scarce first edition of Renan’s important 1882 lecture: Qu’est-Ce Qu’une Nation; and the second edition of Armenian Popular Songs in English and Armenian. The first work is complete as issued in the original printed wrapper: pp. 36 with two folded plates at the back. Inscribed by Lalanne a noted mathematician and engineer to “Lieutenant Caillard†on front wrap and title page; the second work is bound in without the wrapper beginning with the half-title leaf: pp. 4 30; the third work lacks the title page: pp. 83 1 index. Octavo. Bound in contemporary quarter leather and marbled paper over boards spine lettered in gold marbled endpapers edges sprinkled red. Later owner’s name in ink on verso of front free endpaper and contemporary small owner’s name in ink on front wrap of the first work. The spine back is crackling and worn along the joints very good with all three works in near fine condition. (Dunod; Calamann Lévy; S. Lazarus) hardcover
186352577Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Royal 8vo. Bound in a very nice contemporary red half calf with five raised bands to spine, blindstamped borders to compartments and gilt title. Light occassional brownspotting, but overall a very nice, clean and tight copy, in- as well as externally. With the half-title present (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). (4), LIX, (1), 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).
186352577Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1863. Royal 8vo. Bound in a very nice contemporary red half calf with five raised bands to spine blindstamped borders to compartments and gilt title. Light occassional brownspotting but overall a very nice clean and tight copy in- as well as externally. With the half-title present "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier". 4 LIX 1 462 pp. 1 leaf colophon. <br/><br/><em>True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared - Renan's masterpiece which constitudes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity" which he continued with "The Apostles" 1866 "Saint Paul" 1869 "The Anti-Christ" 1873 "The Gospels" 1877 "The Christian Church" 1879 and "Marcus Aurelius" 1881 but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus". Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." PMM 352. This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle albeit oracular visionary his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man but not the Son of God. In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." PMM 352. "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan 1823-1892 et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme". on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui au point de vue "scientifique" est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen" Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. Apart from causing a world-wide scandal the work was also a world-wide success and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholocism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting charming descriptions of sceneries its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages des seductions du style enfin n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. 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. </em> hardcover
186352490Paris Michel Lévy Frères 1863. Royal 8vo. Bound in a nice contemporary red halfcalf with five raised bands to spine with blindstamped borders to compartments. A very nice copy also with the often lacking half-title "Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier". 4 LIX 462 pp. 1 leaf colophon. <br/><br/><em>True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece which constitudes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. "In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the "Origins of Christianity" which he continued with "The Apostles" 1866 "Saint Paul" 1869 "The Anti-Christ" 1873 "The Gospels" 1877 "The Christian Church" 1879 and "Marcus Aurelius" 1881 but none of these emulated the success of the "Life of Jesus". Immediate success was partly a "succès de scandale" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence." PMM 352. This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. "It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle albeit oracular visionary his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man but not the Son of God. In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars; and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success." PMM 352. "C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan 1823-1892 et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme". on peut considérer cette "Vie de Jésus" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui au point de vue "scientifique" est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen" Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. Apart from causing a world-wide scandal the work was also a world-wide success and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholocism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting charming descriptions of sceneries its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. "Il faut ajouter que la "Vie de Jésus" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps; le charme de la peinture des paysages le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages des seductions du style enfin n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre." Laffont-Bompiani IV:681. 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. </em> hardcover
1863170<b>FIRST EDITION. Royal 8vo Contemporary red half-calf with raised bands and marbled boards and marbled interior. Half-title is present. 462 pp. 1 leaf colophon. the leather is a little cracked along the front board but exhibits no weakness. True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. The book's controversial position that the life of Jesus should be written like the life of any historic person and that the Bible could and should be subject to the same critical scrutiny as other historical documents caused some controversy and enraged many Christians. This is a scarce copy which has all SIXTY WOODCUTS from the 1870 illustrated edition bound in. How this came to be is a mystery. Housed in a morocco-backed slipcase with chemise. A very attractive copy. </b> Michel Lévy Frères hardcover
1999143111999 P., Les Amis du Livre Contemporain, 1999, 1 vol. in-folio (465 x 330 mm) en feuilles sous couverture rempliée, conservé dans une boîte à châsse toilée noire, auteur et titre en blanc au dos, éditeur en blanc au verso et empreinte à froid sur le plat supérieur, de 108 pp.Très bel exemplaire.
199759681997 Beyrouth, Edition Terre du Liban, 1997. Complet en 1 vol. de texte et 1 étui de planches in-plano: 24 x 35 cm + 37 x 54 cm: [24]-[4]-884-[2]p. + [1]-70pl. + 14 photos. Reproduction de l'édition de Paris, Imprimerie Impériale, 1864, avec les 70 planches gravées reproduites, et complétée de 14 clichés photographiques du XXe siècle. Un des 1348 exemplaires numérotés (no. 1054), après 52 de tête. Reliure en pleine toile bordeaux; dos lisse avec pièce de titre en lettres dorées sur cuir noir, chemise-étui habillée de la même manière. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf.
1890155786Paris: Calmann Lévy 1890. A fresh example of the deluxe issue on Holland paper First edition deluxe issue number 3 of 30 copies on Holland paper. One of Renan's earliest compositions L'Avenir de la science "The Future of Science" is arguably his most liberal work presenting the young philosopher's meditations on scientific naturalism and his belief in the importance of the history of religion: premises which laid the foundations for his later career. L'Avenir de la science was written between May 1848 and July 1849 inspired by the February Revolution. It was not published however until two years before the author's death when it appeared with a more recently written preface in which Renan reflected on the development of his views. "Renan's few disappointments in his earlier work aside it was this obstinate belief in the perfectibility of humanity through science that made L'Avenir de la science one of the touchstone books for understanding the intellectual hubris that marked the first generation of French positivists and that was subsequently passed on to the founders of the Third Republic" Roe p. 41. This deluxe issue is not noted by Vicaire who records only the regular edition in octavo and with the same pagination priced at 7 fr. 50. We have also traced a different format at auction: 20 numbered copies on Imperial Japanese paper. Of the five appearances of this title at auction none have been examples on Holland paper. Large octavo 255 x 175 mm. Contemporary pale pink quarter cloth marbled sides green spine label bound to preserve the "en carré" format retaining its wide margins and uncut edges. Spine sunned ends bumped extremities lightly worn endpapers first and last leaves and a few margins browned else internally bright and crisp a handful of pencil marginal annotations and marks. A fresh and well-preserved copy. Vicaire Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXe siècle VI 1035. Glenn H. Roe The Passion of Charles Péguy: Literature Modernity and the Crisis of Historicism 2014. hardcover
1863184731Paris: Michel Lévy Frères 1863. The most important book of the century First edition of a work with profound and lasting cultural repercussions which took its lead from German higher criticism and pictured Jesus through the lens of historical rationalism upsetting both ecclesiastical authorities and secular nationalists. Vie de Jésus was an extraordinary literary event selling 146000 copies in the first 18 months 10 printings in the first year and being translated almost at once into numerous other languages. The book was intended as the first book in the eight-volume series Histoire des Origines du Christianisme and contains a series half-title to that effect. Renan was persuaded by his sister Henriette to write the work. He began it with her help while they were travelling through Syria - where she died of a fever that nearly claimed his life as well. The book is dedicated to her memory. Years earlier Renan had written "I envy the man who shall evoke from the past the origins of Christianity. Such a writer would compose the most important book of the century." Octavo 216 x 134 mm. Contemporary purple quarter grosgrain roan purple morocco-grain cloth sides framed in blind marbled endpapers. Green cloth folding case. A touch of wear to extremities else a fine copy. En français dans le texte 285; Printing and the Mind of Man 352. hardcover
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199951644Les Amis du Livre contemporain 1999 In-folio, en feuilles sous couverture rempliée illustrée d'une lithographie originale, emboîtage marouflé de toile noire orné d'une empreinte de l'artiste sur le premier plat et imprimé sur le dos. 104 pages, Huit eaux-fortes originales à double-page,
