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GRIMM (Friedrich Melchior) - DIDEROT (Denis).
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GRIMM (Friedrich Melchior) - DIDEROT (Denis).
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Lot no. 77
GRIMM (Friedrich Melchior) - DIDEROT (Denis).
Literary, philosophical and critical correspondence, addressed to a sovereign of Germany, from 1753 to 1769. [From 1770 to 1782 - During part of the years 1775-1776, and during the years 1782 to 1790 inclusive. - Supplement].
Paris: Longchamps, F. Buisson, 1813 [first part]; Paris: F. Buisson, 1812 [second part]; Paris: F. Buisson, 1813 [third part]; Paris: Potey, Buisson, Delaunay, 1814 [supplement]. - 3 parts and a supplement in 17 volumes in-8, 205 x 127. Half blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated, marbled edges (Thouvenin).
First edition of the first and third parts, as well as of the supplement, and second edition of the second part, published the same year as the original.
This is a printing of the very rich correspondence, or should we say more precisely of the handwritten short stories, among the best known and richest of the eighteenth century, offering an exceptional testimony to the literary history of that century. Distributed in manuscript form, it was begun by Friedrich Melchior Grimm in 1753 and continued by Jacques-Henri Meister from 1773 until 1813. Initially intended for a handful of German courts, it was subsequently distributed to around fifteen well-known subscribers, from Tuscany to Russia, via Sweden and Poland.
Grimm and Meister were surrounded by other writers, the most notable of whom were Denis Diderot and Madame d'Épinay.
This edition contains letters from 1753 to 1790. The Supplement contains: "1° les Opuscules de Grimm; 2° treize Lettres de Grimm à Frédéric II, Roi de Prusse; 3° plusieurs morceaux de la Correspondance de Grimm; 4° des Remarques sur les 16 volumes, par Ant.-Alex. Barbier, Bibliothécaire de S. M. l'Empereur et Roi, et de son Conseil d'État".
A fine copy in a uniform binding by Thouvenin.
Spine lightened. A few rare brown spots.
Provenance: Jacques Attali, with bookplate (sale 25 May 2019, no. 45).
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