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283 - TRESSAN, Count of. Works of the Count of Tressan, preceded b…
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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 glazed half-calf, smooth spine decorated 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 illustrated with 13 plates, including a portrait, and a facsimile. Contents. Volume I: On M. de Tressan and his works; Address by M. le comte de Tressan, delivered at the Académie française on 25 January 1781; Reply by M. l’abbé Delille; Extract from Mr Bailly’s acceptance speech at the Académie française… on 26 February 1784; Extract from the reply by the Marquis de Condorcet; Letter from Mr de Tressan to the Abbé Desaunay; On the question of whether the novel *Amadis de Gaule* is of French origin (note by Mr Raynouard); *Amadis de Gaule*, Books 1–2. Volume II: *Amadis de Gaule*, Books 3–5. Volume III: Preliminary discourse on French romances; Extracts from chivalric romances: Tristan of Leon, son of Méliadus; Arthur of Brittany; Flores and Blanche-Fleur; Cléomades and Claremonde (after Adenet le Roi); Extract from the *Roman de la Rose*; Extract from the beginning of the *Roman de la Rose*… by Guillaume de Loris; *Pierre de Provence* and *La Belle Maguelone*; *La Fleur des batailles*, or *The History of the Valiant 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 Ariosto’s life, taken 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 into 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 fine copy set in a superb Romantic binding.
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