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MARMONTEL (Jean-François). Oeuvres complètes. Paris, Chez Née de La Rochelle, 1787; in-12, frontispiece by Gaucher, about 550 pages per volume, bound in full contemporary marbled calf, ornate smooth spines, red and bottle-green morocco titles, edges painted red. All 16 volumes. Jean-François Marmontel was a writer of the 18th century. He published novels, historical essays, poems, plays, he even collaborated to the Encyclopaedia and was very close to Voltaire. During the Revolution, he became close to Necker and was often suspected by the revolutionaries of being a royalist sympathizer. Le Bélisaire, a novel advocating religious freedom, earned him the wrath of clerics and censors. However, the censors only worked to publicize the work and make it a success. This edition contains the Contes moraux, Belisaire, the Éléments de littératures, Les Incas, Lucain's Pharsale, as well as the theatre and the mélanges. Beautiful set in fine condition.
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MARMONTEL (Jean-François). Oeuvres complètes. Paris, Chez Née de La Rochelle, 1787; in-12, frontispiece by Gaucher, about 550 pages per volume, bound in full contemporary marbled calf, ornate smooth spines, red and bottle-green morocco titles, edges painted red. All 16 volumes. Jean-François Marmontel was a writer of the 18th century. He published novels, historical essays, poems, plays, he even collaborated to the Encyclopaedia and was very close to Voltaire. During the Revolution, he became close to Necker and was often suspected by the revolutionaries of being a royalist sympathizer. Le Bélisaire, a novel advocating religious freedom, earned him the wrath of clerics and censors. However, the censors only worked to publicize the work and make it a success. This edition contains the Contes moraux, Belisaire, the Éléments de littératures, Les Incas, Lucain's Pharsale, as well as the theatre and the mélanges. Beautiful set in fine condition.
