‎(NECKER, J.)‎
‎Eloge de Jean-Baptiste Colbert, discours qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1773. Paris, J.B. Brunet & Demonville, 1773. - (Preceded by:) CHAMFORT, (S.R.N.) DE. Eloge de Molière. Discours qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise en 1769. Paris, Ve. Regnard & Demonville, 1769. - (Followed by:) LA HARPE, (J.F.) DE. La navigation. Ode qui a remporté le prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1773. Paris, J.B. Brunet & Demonville, 1773. - (Followed by:) LE BEAU. Eloge de M. le comte d'Argenson, lu à la rentrée de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres.‎

‎A Paris, Chez Panckoucke, 1765. 4 works bound in 1 volume. (8), 135 pp.; 15, (3) pp.; 14 pp.; 30 pp. 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt in compartments, gilt coat of arms of Aurengre on both sides, slightly worn and bumped. First work: INED 3360; Conlon 73:1090; Kress 6958; Goldsmiths 10954; Higgs 5713; not in Einaudi. First edition. 'It has been noted that Necker retired from active direction of his bank in 1772. From that date his goal was evidently a career in the government. The appearance a year later of his Eloge de Colbert was widely recognized as his bid for the post of finance minister, as well as his reform program if appointed. He entered the book in competition for the prize of eloquence annually offered by the Académie française. The Academy conferred the prize on the Eloge de Colbert after it was read to them by d'Alembert in August 1773. (.....) the Eloge de Colbert is an important document in Necker's political and ministerial career. It provides an introduction to the themes he was to expound later. It also indicates the nature of his ambition, for he unveiled himself in it' (Robert D. Harris, Necker. Reform Statesman of the Ancien Régime, pp. 47ff.)- Handwritten name in blank outer margin of title-page.Second work: Conlon 69:648.First edition.Third work: Conlon 73:950.First edition.Fourth work: Conlon 65:962.First edition.- For the coat of arms of the "Famille d'Aurengre" on the binding see: Olivier, xi, pl. 1106. ‎

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