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1663831601663. BALZAC. LES ENTRETIENS DE FEU MONSIEUR DE BALZAC. Amsterdam: Chez Louys et Daniel Elzevier 1663. 388 pp. 17 pp. 24mo. speckled calf boards laid down rebacked with gilt black morocco spine label. New endpapers. Bookplate pre-19th century laid down on front pastedown. Joints tender. Lovely engraved title page. Tight binding; overopened at p. 216-217 occasional early ink underlining very good otherwise. unknown books
165656236Amsterdam: Elzevir 1656. Modern ink gift inscription on verso of title lacks front free endpaper. 12mo. 404pp. Engraved title. Contemporary vellum manuscript lettering on spine. Provenance: Princes of Liechtenstein bookplate. Willems 1193; Copinger 186; Brunet I 633; Berghman 1408; Berghman Supplement 332; Rahir 1216; Tchemerzine I 427. <br/><br/> Elzevir hardcover books
164864600First English Edition of Balzac's "The Prince" BALZAC Jean Louis Guez. The Prince. Written in French.Now Translated into English. London: Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell 1648. First English edition. Twelvemo 5 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches; 130 x 73 mm. 82 15 163-326 pp. Bound without final errata leaf. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in modern full tan calf. Spine lettered in gilt. Dentelles in blind. Some light worming to top outer margin of leaves E9-K3 not affecting text. Fore-edge lightly soiled and chipped. Overall a very good copy. Balzac has been acclaimed for his prose innovations which lent a somewhat mannered precision and clarity to French letters. He is also credited with the development of a French national style of prose writing. That is his emphasis on the "idiomatic elements" of the French language contributed significantly to "the development of the language on national lines" Encyclopedia Britannica 1913 p. 301. Balzac's fame can be attributed primarily to his great abilities as a letter writer and to the publication of a collection of Lettres 1634. Originally written as an eulogy of Louis XIII The Prince was published in 1631 and contains two substantial letters together fifty-six pages in length written to Cardinal Richelieu. He was elected to the Academy FranÃaise in 1634. Wing B615 ESTC R32936 HBS 64600. $1250 Printed for M. Meighen and G. Bedell unknown books
165964351First English Edition BALZAC Jean-Louis Guez. Aristippus. Or Monsr. de Balsac's Masterpiece. Being A Discourse Concerning the CourtWith an Exact Table of the Principall Matter. Englished by R.W. London: Tho. Newcomb for Nat Eakins 1659. First English edition. Twelvemo 2 15/16 x 5 1/8 inches. 16 159 17 table pp. Full speckled calf rebacked to style. edges speckled light red. Inner hinges expertly repaired. Previous owner's small ink marking on title-page not affecting text. A few pages with very light foxing. Overall a very good copy. "Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac essayist and stylist a gentleman of the Angoumois is remembered as having perfected French prose as Malherbe perfected French verse making it orderly and lucid constructing the eloquent period based on assiduous study of Latin authors esp. Cicero and so preparing the way for Pascal and Bossuet. His works much admired in their day include.Aristippe on wisdom in political administration." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature 38. The Aristippus is a "Treatise on the duties of sovereigns dedicated to Christina of Sweden." Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology Thomas 271. "It intended to portray the ideal statesman." Library of the World's Best Literature Warner 39. HBS 64351. $1500 Tho. Newcomb for Nat Eakins unknown books
