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“In 1772, Abbé Chaudon published the ‘Library of a man of taste’. The Abbé de La Porte appropriated the work and published a new edition in 1777 under the title of 'New library of a man of taste'. As I had taken care from my youth to increase the edition of 1777, I proposed in 1808 to M. Dessessarts to undertake the writing of an entirely revised edition of this same work. I have published five successive volumes. (Barbier, Dictionary of anonymous works, no. 1741).
“This title of ‘Library of a man of taste’ seemed so fortunate that three compilations of the same genre were successively covered with it. The first appeared in 1772 in Avignon, in two small volumes in-12. Five years later, the Abbé de la Porte published the second, in four volumes of the same format. The third will have five in-8. I am not in a position to compare the three ‘Libraries of a man of taste’ with each other; what is proven is that the last one is more extensive than the other two.
Joseph of the Gate
New library of a man of taste: or table of ancient & modern literature
To the great Corneille, Paris and 1777
in-12; 391, 462, 532, 477 pages per vol. (complete)
Bindings of good quality of the time in full glazed calfskin, smooth spine, pieces in red and black morocco, rich gilt decoration.
Nice set, solid bindings in good condition, decorative spines, corners of the covers a little blunt. Fresh and clean interiors. Discreet pencil scribbles on the endpapers of volume 1.
Subject: Joseph de la Porte New library of a man of taste 1777 Bibliography Bibliophilia 67360019
