‎STENDHAL‎
‎ De l’amour ‎

‎L'Amour a la mode, comedie (+) Melite, Comedie (+) La Place Royale, Comedie (+) Othon, Tragedie (+) Antiochus, Tragi-comedie (+) Persee et Demetrius, Tragedie (+) Agesilas, Tragedie. En Vers libre rimez.‎

‎Bruxelles, Foppens, 1654 (+) Paris, Coubre, 1655 (+) Paris (Amsterdam), 1664 (+) Paris (Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang), 1665 (+) Paris (Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang), 1666 (+) Paris (Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang), 166 (+) Paris (Amsterdam, Abraham Wolfgang), 1666. 12mo. In contemporary full vellum with numbering in contemporary hand to spine. Small paper-labe pasted on to top of spine. A few stains to extremities. Closely trimmed but internally generally nice and clean. 102, (2), 88, (Engraved plate), (2), 59, (1), (Engraved plate), (4), 66, 80, 84, 88 pp.‎

‎Sammelband containing seven work by the two brothers Pierre and Thomas Corneille. Pierre Corneille is a foundational figure in French theater and one of the most significant playwrights of the 17th century often referred to as “The Farther of French Tragedy”. He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. However, all the present works being later editions, they were all published during their lifetime and two of them (Agésilas and Antiochus) were published same year as the originals. Picot 372 - Agesilas‎

‎Les enchainemens de l'amour et de la fortune, ou, Les memoires du Marquis de Vaudreville.‎

‎A la Haye, Benjamin Gibert, 1736. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Front board with crowned gilt super ex-libris (partly worn off). Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Boards with a few scratches, with a bit of loss of leather. Title-page detached. Vague damp-stain to upper half of pages, primarily affecting last leaves. (14), 245, (3) pp. ‎

‎The uncommon first edition of this novel following the life of the fictional Marquis de Vaudreville, chronicling his romantic entanglements and the ups and downs of his fortunes. Not in Brunet.‎

‎Les differens caractères des femmes du siecle avec la description de l'amour propre. - [EARLY FEMMINIST WORK]‎

‎Paris, Medard-Michel Brunet, 1699. 8vo. In a nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with four raised bands and richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. A nice and clean copy. (20), 278, (1) pp.‎

‎Second edition of this scarce early work first published in 1693 in which the author traces and analyses the causes of womens lack of rights and proposes methods for enabling women to improve themselves. The fact that the present work was re-edited five years after its initial release indicates a certain degree of popular appeal. However, not much is known about Pringy: “Her name appears most often in the pages of the monthly French gazette, Le Mercure galant, which announced both the text’s initial publication in 1693 and again its second edition a few months prior to publication. If nothing can defini¬tively be asserted regarding Pringy’s readership, we can gather, from the fact that the Mercure was instrumental in disseminating (some might say advertising) and thus determining trends and fashions, that Pringy enjoyed some attention for her works. Though we may never know the extent to which the Caracteres was given to young girls with the intent of correct¬ing or preventing these vices, Pringy’s treatise is unique in comparison to most contemporaneous moral analyses of women by women because of its ostensible pedagogical goal.” (LaPorta, “The Truth about Reasoning”: Veiled Propaganda and the Manipulation of Absolutist Authority in Eustache Le Noble’s La Pierre de touche politique (1688–1691))‎

‎Les ruses d'amour pour rendre les favoris contens. - [""TRICKS OF LOVE""]‎

‎A Ville Franche, Joli Le Franc, 1681. 12mo. In contemporary full calf with richly gilt spine. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine. Wear to extremities, a few holes to front board, showing the wooden board. Corners bumped. Internally nice and clean. (10), 514 pp. + frontispiece.‎

‎Uncommon first edition of this work containing 31 gallant or facetious tales and stories, also referred to as ‘tricks of love. These short stories was most likely inspired by Boccaccio. The anonymous author announced a sequel which never appeared. Not in Barbier.‎

‎Tableau de L'Amour Vénal. Illustré de douze lithographies en noir par Luc-Albert Moreau. Paris, Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, (1924).‎

‎Small 4to. Uncut, all orig. wrappers. No 60 of 315 ""sur vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre"", a total of 335. With 12 original lithographies by Moreau.‎