stéphanie félicité brulart genlis (64 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in French in 1798, this play by Stéphanie Félicité Brulart Genlis explores themes of love, virtue, and the conflict between reason and passion. The titular character, a young woman raised in the wild, is drawn into the courtly intrigues of Versailles, where she must navigate a world of deceit and seduction. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into 18th century French literature and society.

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First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; vol. II (only): 331 pages. Subject; French literature Fiction. 1 Kg.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in French in 1798, this play by Stéphanie Félicité Brulart Genlis explores themes of love, virtue, and the conflict between reason and passion. The titular character, a young woman raised in the wild, is drawn into the courtly intrigues of Versailles, where she must navigate a world of deceit and seduction. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into 18th century French literature and society.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Plongez-vous dans l'effervescence intellectuelle du 18e siècle et partagez la table du baron d'Holbach avec les plus grands esprits de son temps. Ce livre regroupe des récits savoureux sur ces diners mémorables où les thèmes les plus variés ont été discutés. Découvrez les échanges passionnants des grands penseurs tels que Diderot, Helvétius, Rousseau et bien d'autres. Un livre captivant pour tous les amoureux de l'histoire et de la littérature.

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Second Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards, along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; tome I (only): 474 pages. Subjects; Historical news. Moral tales. French literature. 1 Kg.

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Zustand: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

12:o. (4), 403; (4), 322; (2), V-XVIII, (2), 316, (4) pp. Contemporary half claf, spines gilt, yellow edges. Some wear to upper covers, otherwise a very attractive set.

Second edition (printed in the same year as the first) of her historical novel on the reign of Louis XIII, who she revered for his piety and whose reputation she sought to rehabilitate in France. 2 vols, 12mo (160 × 85 mm), pp. [4], xii, 274; [4], 260, complete with half-titles. Occasional spotting. Early quarter calf, gilt panelled spine. A nice copy. [Cioranescu 30670.].

First edition. VIII, (2), 404; (2), 430 pp. Near contemporary half calf with lavishly gilt spines and double lettering-pieces, in yellow and green respectively. Edges of boards slightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine labels partly somewhat rubbed. Interior of volume 2 with some faint, occasional foxing, else fine. Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), was a French writer, well known in her time inside as well as outside literary circles.

Half titles (not vols I, V, VI), front. port. vol. I, 2pp ads vol. VI, 26pp cata. vol. VIII; unopened except Vol. I. Contemp. plain green wavy-grained cloth, spines with black leather labels. Armorial bookplates of Noble Pym in vols I & II. v.g. Mémoires inédits sur le dix-huitième siècle et la Révolution française, depuis 1756 jusqu'à nos jours, 1825. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Additional front. port. in Vol. II.

First edition. An educational epistolary novel about the life of young emigrés during the French Revolution - written the with first-hand experience of exile: Madame Genlis having lived a peripatetic life outside France since 1791. Dedicated to her grandchildren and aimed both at children and older readers, the novel opens with epigrams from Irish-born actor-playwright Arthur Murphy ('There are three things highly pernicious to the endearments of beauty. gaming, scandal and politics'.) and Voltaire ('C'est être un monstre, que de ne pas aimer ceux qui ont cultivé notre ame'). A 'Hambourg' edition appeared in the same year, and the book was published in English as The Young Exiles, or, Correspondence of some juvenile Emigrants the following year. 2 vols, 8vo (149 × 90 mm), pp. [i-ii], [2, the second numbered in error 'iv'], [iii]-viii, 404; [2], 430, complete, despite misnumbering and misbinding of 1 leaf 'Epitre dédicatoire à mes petits-enfans' after first title. Rather spotted. Early nineteenth-century quarter calf, gilt. Spines faded, but a good copy. [Cioranescu, 30621; Martin, Mylne & Frautschi, Bibliographie du genre romanesque français, 1751-1800, 98.44. Worldcat: University of Southern Mississippi].

First edition of Genlis' historical novel, full of overt analogies to the upheavals of the Revolution, written during Genlis' exile and offered as a sequel to Les Veillées du Château. It appeared in English in a translation by James Beresford as The Knights of the Swan in 1796 (printed for J. Johnson). A measure of its remarkable currency in the literature of the following century is provided by its cameo appearance in Tolstoy's War and Peace. On an occasion when Prince Andrew visited General Kutuzof, 'He found him reclining in an armchair, still in the same unbuttoned overcoat. He had in his hand a French book which he closed as Prince Andrew entered, marking the place with a knife. Prince Andrew saw by the cover that it was Les Chevaliers du Cygne by Madame de Genlis' (X, chapter 16). 8vo (200 × 121 mm), pp. xxiv, 381, [1]; [4], 406; [4], 434, complete with half-titles in vols. 2 & 3 as called for. Preliminaries slightly frayed at inner margins, a few spots and stains, the paper of indifferent quality. Contemporary quarter sheep, plain spines with labels lettered in gilt. [Cioranescu, 30617; Martin, Mylne & Frautschi, Bibliographie du genre romanesque français, 1751-1800, 95.20.].

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1800 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 59 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 59.

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1806 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 53 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 53.