Chouiseul-Gouffiers Discours 1783
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Beskrivning
(CHOISEUL-GOUFFIER, MARIE GABRIEL AUGUST FLORENT DE). Discours preliminaire du voyage pittoresque de la Grece. Paris (de l´Imprimerie de Ph-D. Pierres, imprimeur ordinaire du Roi) 1783.
18:o (about 138x80 mm.). (6), (1)-60, (4 blank) pp.
Sewn as issued in original marbled blue wrappers. somewhat worn, entirely uncut. Minor foxing. Inscription (in Swedish) by Nils von Rosenstein (1752-1824) on front paste-down: "Fådt af auctoren Grefwe Choiseul-Gouffier d 8 maj 1783" (Given by the author Count Choiseul-Gouffier May 8, 1783). In a new marbled paper cassette.
Rare first separate edition of the unexpurgated version of the "Discours", which appeared in the first issue of Choiseul-Gouffier´s Voyage pittoresque de la Grece, 1782.
The text is considered to be an important milestone in the development of French phil-hellenism. The text was considered too extreme, especially in view of Choiseul-Gouffier´s appointment as French ambassador at Constantinople, and changes were made in the "discourse" in the second and third issues of the Voyage...
Copies on vellum exist, and also an apparently later edition printed by Kehl.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6158
Datum:
2016-06-21