Advert Description
Are you interested in this item? This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Beautiful copy - The success of Maximes de La Rochefoucauld as they are commonly called was very great from their publication in 1665.
It was in Madame de Sablé's salon that these maxims circulated to be read and approved by the elite of the literate Grand Siècle.
The Marquise de Sévigné, the Comte de Bussy-Rabutin, the Prince de Conti and many others were at the forefront of these readings.
La Rochefoucauld, however, was not indulgent to anyone and all the Greats of the Kingdom of France could easily find themselves in these dazzling features.
Everyone at the end of the Grand Siècle has read the Maxims of La Rochefoucauld, and its echo has spread up to our 21st century. This book is one of the major books of French literature.
Edition which contains an interesting notice on the character and writings of the author -
Duc de la Rochefoucauld - Maximes et réflexions morales du duc de la Rochefoucauld - 1784
Good condition of the binding, work in its full calf, good condition of the dishes and the back, rubbing of use, ornate back, gilded edges, gilded titration, triple gilded net on the dishes. Golden slices -
Good interior condition, slight dirt, charming frontispiece, marbled cover pages -
Delivery service guaranteed within a few days - 67373019
