201 - PALISSOT DE MONTENOY, Charles. The Complete Works of Mr. Palissot.

PALISSOT DE MONTENOY, Charles. The Complete Works of Mr. Palissot. Paris, Jean-François Bastien, 1779. 12mo (14 x 8.5 cm), marbled half-basane, smooth spine with decoration. Contemporary binding. 7 vols. (of 7), uncollated. Spines rubbed. A new, revised, corrected, and considerably expanded edition of the works of Charles Palissot de Montenoy (1730–1814), a French writer, critic, and playwright known as an opponent of the philosophical party and, more specifically, as an enemy of Diderot. He served successively as reader to the Duke of Orléans, a member of the Institut national, a member of the Opera jury, and one of the curators of the Mazarine Library. The works include: I. Theater: *Ninus the Second*, *The Tutors*, *The Barber of Baghdad*, *The Misunderstandings, or The Rival by Resemblance*; II. Theater: *The Circle, or The Originals*, *The Philosophers*, *The Dangerous Man*. *Memoirs to Serve as a Record of an Era in Our Literary History*. Short Letters on Great Philosophers; III. The Courtesans. *La Dunciade* and pieces related to this poem; IV. Essays to Serve the History of Our Literature from Francis I to the Present Day; V. History of the Early Centuries of Rome. Historical, Literary, and Critical Essays on Certain Writers of Our Time; VI. Miscellaneous Writings. Anecdotes Relating to Plays. Letter on the Soul, Dissertation on the Progress of Human Knowledge. Historical and Critical Dialogues. Letters from Voltaire to the author with the latter’s reply. Miscellaneous poems. Letters from the author on various literary subjects; VII. The Triumph of Sophocles, and various miscellaneous writings.