Remarques sur la Langue Françoise de Monsieur de Vaugelas.

Vaugelas, Claude Favre de

Verlag: Pierre Mortier, 1690

Beschreibung

Remarques sur la Langue Françoise de Monsieur de Vaugelas. Avec des Notes de T. Corneille. Chez Pierre Mortimer, A Amsterdam, 1690, frontispiece, vignettes of Amsterdam on titles, full original leather, 6.75 x 4.25 , 18mo. In good condition. Handsome 17th century bindings with typical wear to extremities. Corners rubbed with rounding, desiccation to surface of leather. Joints tender with slight cracking. Gilt compartments rubbed, some decoration remains bright and intact. Decorative Morocco gilt leather numerical labels adhered to top compartments, 1408, 1409. Armorial bookplates of The Right Honorable Washington Sewallis Earl Ferrers on pastedowns. Washington Sewallis Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers (3 January 1822 13 March 1859), styled Hon. Washington Shirley from 1827 to 1830 and Viscount Tamworth from 1830 to 1842, was a British nobleman. The elder son of Robert William Shirley, Viscount Tamworth, he succeeded his father as heir apparent in 1830. Female ownership of E. Shirley her book written in old hand on the second fly of Volume I. Intricate medieval binder s waste on the front pastedown of Volume I, and rear pastedown of Volume II. Likely 14th century. An exquisite medieval initial was saved by the binder. All edges speckled. Internally good with light toning and minor instances of age staining, foxing. Free of known marginalia. Bindings intact. Please see photos. A popular work by Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585-1650) a Savoyard grammarian and man of letters. His thorough knowledge of the French language and correctness of speech won him place among the original members of the Academie francaise in 1634. In this work he maintained that words and expressions were to be judged by the current usage of the best society, of which, as a regular of the Hotel de Rambouillet, Vaugelas was a competent judge. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers COLH1690DJKX

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Titel: Remarques sur la Langue Françoise de ...

Verlag: Pierre Mortier

Erscheinungsdatum: 1690

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

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