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POELLNITZ, Baron de] - La Saxe galante.
See original version (French)
731
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POELLNITZ, Baron de] - La Saxe galante.
See original version (French)
Estimate €150
Voluntary lot
Description
POELLNITZ, Baron de] - La Saxe galante. Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1734. in-12, (1) f., 416 pp, title in red, inscription on title page, stamp of the Stahremberg bibl. on flyleaf, half calf with corners, smooth spine decorated.
GAY III, 1078. JONES 54. First edition of a scandalous novel which was reprinted several times. This work by Baron de Poellnitz is a most audacious plagiarism. It is none other than the charming novel The Princess of Cleves, by Mme de La Fayette, which Baron de Poellnitz has put under his name, simply changing the names of the characters and the place of the action. As for the sentences and style, he has not even bothered to disguise them. According to a note by Paulmy (Bibliothèque de Marie-Antoinette à Trianon, p. 44) and the Bulletin du bouquiniste, eleventh year, p. 107, this very pleasant and amusing novel is the fruit of the youth of the Chevalier de Solignac, who witnessed most of the adventures he recounts. It is in fact a daring glorification of the amorous liaisons of the late Frederick-Augustus I of Saxony, King of Poland in 1697.
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