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Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Mémoires Historiques, Littéraires et Anecdotiques, Tirés De La Correspondance Philosophique Et Critique Adressée Au Duc De Saxe Gotha Depuis 1770 Jusqu'en 1792, Par Le Baron De Grimm, Et Par Diderot. Formant Un Tableau Piquant De La Bonne Société De Paris Sous Les Règnes De Louis XV Et Louis XVI [ volume I only ]
Chez Colburn, Libraire, Conduit Street, Hanover Square, Londres 1813 1st UK edition.
Full mottled calf, VG. xx+496pp, cobalt blue endpapers, b/w engraved portrait frontis ( engraved by J Swaine after M Carmontelle ), occasional foxed page, upper hinge a little tender, leather rubbed at the corners, lettering pieces a little chipped, old ownership signature of Sophia Evansfield of Catsfield dated 1814 on the first blank, a nice copy. The colophon reads - De l'Imprimerie de Schulze et Dean. FRENCH text. Odd volume ( covering 1770 - 1776 ) of the first British edition of the Parisien newsletter, addressed to the German aristocracy & keeping them abreast of Court & social events in Paris which was complied by Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm [ 1723 - 1807 ]. The newsletter at first concentrating on matters artistic & literary, the range of topics increased to cover all that mattered to high society in Paris, with Grimm an unflinching & severe critic.
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25.00 GBP
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