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MEMOIRS OF MARMONTEL, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF : CONTAINING HIS LITERARY AND POLITICAL LIFE, AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. [COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET]
by Marmontel, Jean-Francois
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and John Muray, 1805. First Edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. 406, 346, 356, 344 total pages. [Lacks adverts at end of each volume which were excised when set was rebound]. Professionally bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled boards. Spine titles and decorations in gilt. Small octavos. Condition: Rear board to volume one has some fading, spines bright, corners bumped and some light edgewear. Bindings tight. Bookplate to each volume, occasional foxing to interiors, overall bright. Marmontel [1723-1799] gained literary success in Paris with his Moral Stories [Contes Moraux] ,regarded as classics today. He wrote "Les Incas" , a call for religious toleration, which led to his being denounced by the Sorbonne. He was also friends with Diderot and the Encyclopedists.
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- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Title
- MEMOIRS OF MARMONTEL, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF : CONTAINING HIS LITERARY AND POLITICAL LIFE, AND ANECDOTES OF THE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. [COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET]
- Author
- Marmontel, Jean-Francois
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees and John Muray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1805
- Keywords
- Memoirs, Marmontel, Diderot, Encyclopedists
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEMOIRS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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