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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
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. <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
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
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
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. <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
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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189937009Paris: Edouard Pelletan 1899. Fine. Edouard Pelletan Paris 1899 20 x 27 cm broché Edition with original compositions by H. Bellery-Desfontaines engraved by Eugène Froment one of 400 numbered copies. A very good copy. Edouard Pelletan unknown
1993BN124732Thieme 1993. 1993. Hardcover. Renal Anatomy Applied to Urology Endourology and Interventional Radiology <br/><br/>Renal Anatomy Applied to Urology Endourology and Interventional Radiology Sampaio Francisco J. B.; Uflacker Renan Thieme hardcover
1887951899Paris: Calman Lévy éditeur 1887. leather_bound. Sehr gut. 3 1 weiße V 1 weiße 412 Seiten. Privater Ganzleder Handeinband mit Goldprägung und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. Octavo. 217 x 133 mm Vorderdeckel kaum merklich berieben oberes Kapital minimal bestoßen. Innen durchgehend papierbedingt stockfleckig. Schöner äußerst dekorativer Meistereinband. Erste Ausgabe. Mit seiner wichtigen Rede vom 11. März 1882 in der Sorbonne: Qu'est-ce qu'une nation Was ist eine Nation Seiten 277-310 und streitbaren Texten zu Judentum und Islam. - "Ernest Renan geb. 27. Februar 1823 in Tréguier Côtes-d'Armor; gest. 2. Oktober 1892 in Paris war ein französischer Schriftsteller Historiker Archäologe Religionswissenschaftler und Orientalist und Mitglied der Académie française." Wikipedia. Handgefertigter olivbrauner Maroquinband 223 x 143 x 33 mm mit fünf erhabenen Bünden auf dem Rücken auf zweitem Feld Verfasser und Titel am Fuß das Jahr die anderen mit reicher fleuraler Vergoldung kleinen Kreisen Sternen und Randlinien. Die Deckel mit dreifachem Randrahmen aus Linienvergoldung; Stehkantenvergoldung reiche Innenkantenvergoldung dreifarbige handgestochene Kapitale; Goldschnitt; Vorsätze aus Kammarmorpapier. Mit Buchbinderstempel signiert auf dem vorderen Ledereinschlag unten: Riviere & Son. Inhalt des Buches: Préface; Discours de réception à l'Académie française 3 avril 1871; Lettre à un ami d'Allemagne Journal des Débats 16 avril 1879; Réponse au discours de réception de M. Pasteur 27 avril 1882; Réponse au discours de réception de M. Cherbuliez 25 mai 1882; Réponse au discours de réceptionde M. de Lesseps 23 avril 1885; Rapport sur les prix de vertu lu dans la séance publique annuelle de l'Académie Française le 4 août 1881; Discours prononcé le 7 août 1883 à la distribution des prix du lycée Louis-le-Grand; Discours prononcé à Tréguier le 2 août 1884; Discours prononcé à Quiraper le 17 août 1885; Discours à la conférence Scientia Banquet en l'honneur de M. Berthelot 26 novembre 1885; Discours à l'Association des étudiants le 15 mai 1886; Adieu à Tourguéneff prononcé à la gare du chemin de fer du Nord le 1er octobre 1883; Discours prononcé au Collège de France pour l'inauguration du médaillon de MM. Michelet Quinet Mickiewicz le 13 avril 1884; Discours prononcé aux funérailles de M. Stanislas Guyard professeur au Collège de France le 9 septembre 1884; Discours prononcé au nom de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres aux funérailles de M. Yillcmain le 10 mai 1870; Qu'est-ce qu'une nation Conférence faite en Sorbonne le il mars 1882; Identité originelle et séparation graduelle du judaïsme et du christianisme Conférence faite à la Société des études juives le 26 mai 1883; Le Judaïsme comme race et comme religion Conférence faite au cercle Saint-Simon le 27 janvier 1883; L'Islamisme et la science Conférence faite à la Sorbonne le 29 mars 1883; Appendice à la précédente conférence. First edition. Contemporary olive morocco spine with five raised bands panelled and lettered in gilt richly gilt with gilt fleural tools and lines boards with gilt line panels. All edges gilt marbled endleaves. Bound by Riviere & Son and signed on lower turn-in. Foxed due to quality of paper. A very decorative binding. Robert Riviere 30 Juni 1808 London - 12 April 1882 London was an English bookbinder of Huguenot descent. Relié par Riviere & Son. - RFM. - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 21.06.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 06/21/2026. Calman Lévy, éditeur hardcover
1891DOUGHTYC015021Imprimerie Nationale Paris. 1891. First edition. Quarto. 308 pages. Six-page Introduction "Documents �pigraphiques recueillis dans le Nord de l'Arabie par M. Charles Doughty" by Ernest Renan. Original blue wrappers printed label on spine.Contains "Note de. M. Doughty sur son Voyage" which despite the French title is in English 29 pages; also "Transcription et Traduction des Inscriptions Nabat�ennes de Meda�n-Salih in French and Hebrew 18 pages "Transcription des Notes contenues dans les Planches" in English 9 pages. 57 plates these being facsimiles of notes and drawings of rubbings which Doughty made from carved rock inscriptions maps and drawings 9 folding photogravures of inscriptions. The reason this was published in France was that Doughty had tried without success to sell the Nabatean inscriptions he had collected to the British Museum and the Royal Geographical Society. Meanwhile the French philologist Ernest Renan was in the process of preparing a work on Semitic inscriptions for the Academie des Inscriptions and offered Doughty the opportunity of publication. Renan later deciphered these using Doughty's transcriptions. A number of the plates in this book which are of superb quality were used for later editions of Arabia Deserta. The rest of the volume is devoted to E. Am�lineau's "Notice sur le Papyrus Gnostique Bruce".Wrappers chipped and torn at edges. Spine cracked and discoloured. Apart from minor water-staining to the lower margins of four maps internally a bright and clean copy. Very good. Very scarce. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. unknown
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2006Q-078176081XLWW 2006-09-22. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! LWW hardcover
2023x-3031135040Springer Nature 2023. Hardcover. New. 2nd com edition. 2219 pages. 10.00x7.01x1.93 inches. Springer Nature hardcover
1863LD5831Paris: Michel Levy Freres 1863. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. pp. 462. Foxing at the front and back but what makes this copy is special is that it is a Rene Kieffer binding. Three quarter brown morocco and marbled paper over boards. With stamp and bookplate of Rene Kieffer Paris. Top right corner bumped but a very good copy. <br/><br/> Michel Levy Freres hardcover
188486688Bellevue Meudon 1884. Fine. Bellevue Meudon 17 Octobre 1884 13 x 20.50 cm une page sur un double feuillet Autograph letter dated and signed by Ernest Renan to Louis Liard then director of higher education at the Ministry of Public Instruction 14 lines in black ink and on letterhead of the Collège de France of which he has been administrator since the previous year. Postal fold mark inherent to mailing a small tear at the head of the letter at the date level. Ernest Renan requests a meeting in order to discuss with his correspondent the future of the Collège de France: ""Oserai-je vous prier de me fixer l'heure et le jour où je pourrai sans vous déranger vous entretenir de quelques affaires très importantes pour le Collège de France et qui sont assez pressées ."" ""Dare I ask you to set the time and day when I could without disturbing you discuss with you some very important matters for the Collège de France which are rather urgent."" Louis Liard noted in pencil in the upper left corner of the letter: La 1ere lettre que j'ai reçu de Renan. The first letter I received from Renan. unknown
1888951898Paris: Calman Lévy éditeur 1888. leather_bound. Sehr gut. 3 1 weiße V 1 weiße 566 1 1 weiße Seiten. Privater Ganzleder Handeinband mit Goldprägung und dreiseitigem Goldschnitt. Octavo. 215 x 133 mm Deckel stellenweise kaum merklich berieben. Innen durchgehend papierbedingt stockfleckig. Schöner äußerst dekorativer Meistereinband. Erste Ausgabe. "Ernest Renan geb. 27. Februar 1823 in Tréguier Côtes-d'Armor; gest. 2. Oktober 1892 in Paris war ein französischer Schriftsteller Historiker Archäologe Religionswissenschaftler und Orientalist und Mitglied der Académie française." Wikipedia. Handgefertigter olivbrauner Maroquinband 222 x 144 x 36 mm mit fünf erhabenen Bünden auf dem Rücken auf zweitem Feld Verfasser und Titel am Fuß das Jahr die anderen mit reicher fleuraler Vergoldung kleinen Kreisen Sternen und Randlinien. Die Deckel mit dreifachem Randrahmen aus Linienvergoldung; Stehkantenvergoldung reiche Innenkantenvergoldung dreifarbige handgestochene Kapitale; Goldschnitt; Vorsätze aus Kammarmorpapier. Mit Buchbinderstempel signiert auf dem vorderen Ledereinschlag unten: Riviere & Son. Inhalt des Bandes: Caliban suite de La Tempête i. e. eine Satire auf Gambetta; L'Eau de Jouvence suite de Caliban; Le Prêtre de Nemi; L'Abesse de Jouarre; 1802 Dialogue des morts; Le Jour de l'an 1886 Prologue au ciel. - First edition. Contemporary olive morocco spine with five raised bands panelled and lettered in gilt richly gilt with gilt fleural tools and lines boards with gilt line panels. All edges gilt marbled endleaves. Bound by Riviere & Son and signed on lower turn-in. Foxed due to quality of paper. A very decorative binding. Robert Riviere 30 Juni 1808 London - 12 April 1882 London was an English bookbinder of Huguenot descent. Relié par Riviere & Son. - RFM. - Weitere Bilder auf Anfrage oder auf unserer Homepage. Wegen Urlaub kann Ihre Bestellung / Anfrage erst nach dem 21.06.2026 bearbeitet werden. - Because of holidays your order / question can be handled only after 06/21/2026. Calman Lévy, éditeur hardcover
