LE PRESIDENT DE BROSSES HISTOIRE DES LETTRES ET DES PARLEMENTS AU XVIIIE SIECLE

President de Brosses History of Literature and Parliament in the 18th Century

Written by Joesph-Theophile Foisset. Published by Olivier-Fulgence, Libairre-Editeur, Rue Cassette, N° 3, Paris. 1842. First Edition. 594 pages plus a Corrections Page to the end. In Good to Very Good condition. Numerous pages of foxing mostly to the front and back several, but random spots throughout. Half leather spine with raised bands with a green leather paste down title stamped in gold with black and gold decoration. Marbled boards with marbled end sheets. Significant wear to the corners and top and bottom of the spine most notably to the top. First blank free page has penciled notation and ancient pricing. Spine and binding tight and solid, covers attached firmly, no odors. 

Charles de Brosses "was a close friend of Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon the naturalist who wrote the Historie Naturelle, and a personal enemy of Voltaire, the famous philosopher, who barred his entry in the Académie française in 1770. Because he opposed the absolute power of the king, he was exiled twice, in 1744 and 1771. He wrote numerous academic papers on topics concerning ancient history, philology and linguistics, some of which were used by Denis Diderot and D'Alembert in the Encyclopedie (1751-1765)."

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