283 - TRESSAN, Count of. Works of the Count of Tressan, preceded by a note on his life and works.

TRESSAN, Count of. Works of the Count of Tressan, preceded by a note on his life and works. Paris, Nepveu, Aimé-André, 1823. In-8 (20 x 13 cm), red glossy half-calf, smooth spine adorned with an elegant embossed and gilt design. Romantic binding of the period. 10 uncollated volumes; portrait, 12 plates, and a facsimile. Scattered foxing. A lovely edition adorned with 13 plates, including a portrait, and a facsimile. Contents. Volume I: On M. de Tressan and his works; Speech by M. le comte de Tressan, delivered at the Académie française on January 25, 1781; Response by M. l’abbé Delille; Excerpt from Mr. Bailly’s acceptance speech at the Académie française… on February 26, 1784; Excerpt from the response by the Marquis de Condorcet; Letter from Mr. de Tressan to Abbé Desaunay; On the question of whether the novel *Amadis of Gaul* is of French origin (note by Mr. Raynouard); *Amadis of Gaul*, Books 1–2. Volume II: *Amadis of Gaul*, Books 3–5. Volume III: Preliminary Discourse on French Novels; Excerpts from Chivalric Novels: Tristan of Leon, Son of Méliadus; Arthur of Brittany; Flores and Blanche-Fleur; Cléomades and Claremonde (based on Adenet le Roi); Excerpt from *The Romance of the Rose*; Excerpt from the beginning of *The Romance of the Rose*... by Guillaume de Loris; *Pierre de Provence and the Fair Maguelone*; *The Flower of Battles, or The History of the Heroic Deeds of Doolin of Mainz*. Volume IV: *Guérin de Montglave*; Huon of Bordeaux; Don Ursino the Navarin and Dona Inès of Oviedo; Roland the Lover, adapted and abridged from Matheo Maria Boyardo. Volumes V–VII: Abridged Account of the Life of Ariosto, excerpted from Simon Fornari; Translation of Galileo’s Letter to Lord Francesco Rinuccini; *The Furious Roland*, a poem translated from Ariosto. Volume VIII: *The Story and Amusing Chronicle of Little Petit Jehan de Saintré* (based on Antoine de La Sale); Deceptive Appearances, or Gérard de Nevers; Research on the Origin of Novels Invented Before the Christian Era; The Story of Rigda and Regner Lodbrog. The Story of Robert, Nicknamed “the Brave.” Volume IX: Miscellaneous Works. 1: Zélie, or The Ingenue; Brief Reflections on the Mind. Volume X: Miscellaneous Works. 2: Speeches; Eulogy of Mr. Moreau de Maupertuis; Historical Portrait of Stanislas the Benevolent; Eulogy of Fontenelle; Poems; Letters (including 26 letters addressed to the Count of Tressan by Voltaire) A lovely copy set in a superb Romantic-style binding.