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Memoirs of Marmontel, Written by Himself: Containing his Literacy and Political Life, and Anecdotes of the Principal Characters of the Eighteenth Century. In Four Volumes. The Second Edition. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806. [Jean-Francois Marmontel]. Complete Set. Adverts lacking in rear of Vols. I & III (but included in II & IV). Uniform modern leather bindings measure 7 x 4.5", 12mos. In fair condition. Modern binding clean & intact - gilt lettering on Vols. I & II's spines soiled, but legible. End-pages fresh (originals lacking); original fly-leaves and half-titles intact. Ownership signatures, in both ink and pencil, found on half-titles and title pages: "John Phelps". Water or tea dampness staining found at top edge of Vol. IV's text-block. Scattered toning and age-staining throughout text-blocks. Bindings remain tight and intact. Please see photos. Jean-Francois Marmontel (1723 - 1799) was a French historian and writer, a member of the Encylcopediestes movement. He studied with the Jesuits at Mauriac, he taught in their colleges at Clermont-Ferrand and Toulouse. In 1745, acting on the advice of Voltaire, he set out for Paris to try for literary success. In 1758 he gained the patronage of Madame de Pompadour, who obtained for him a place as a civil servant and the management of the official journal Le Mercure, in which he had already begun the famous series of Contes Moraux. In 1767 he published “Belisaire”, now remarkable in part because of a chapter on religious toleration which incurred the centuries of the Sorbonne and the archbishop of Paris. Complete Set. Second Edition. RARES1806CJKA - 05/20 RARES1806CKHJ - 05/25 - HKREV848
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