‎BASTIDE, Jean François‎
‎Les aventures de Victoire Ponty.‎

‎Amsterdam, Paris, Rollin, Bauche, 1758.‎

Reference : 18201


‎ Première édition de ce roman de moeurs à l'époque des Lumières. Jean François de Bastide (Marseille, 1724 -1798) écrivain et journaliste, a fait parti de ceux que Robert Darnton a appelé la bohême littéraire. Criblé de dettes, sans cesse en quête d'un protecteur, il a rêvé de faire carrière dans l'aura des "philosophes" et se flatte particulièrement de l'amitié de d'Alembert. Il est cité par Rousseau dans le début des "Confessions" et il a fait au moins un séjour à la Bastille. Il épousa en secondes noces une "fille fort répandue dans la galanterie". Victoire Ponty est une jeune fille pauvre et orpheline. Elle devient dame de compagnie d'une marquise à Paris. Elle assiste sa maîtresse dans sa vie amoureuse, puis est sur le point de se marier elle-même par "pitié" à un baron, etc... Cet ouvrage est curieusement rare aujourd'hui. Le Ccfr ne recense que l'exemplaire de la BNF. Il a connu une seconde édition l'année suivante sous le titre de "Le triomphe de l'amitié, ou Les aventures de mademoiselle Victoire Ponty". Coins et coiffe usés, début de fente à la charnière supérieure, sinon bon exemplaire. /// In-12 de (2), 122 pp. / (2), 96, (2) pp. Veau brun, dos orné, tranches marbrées. (Reliure de l'époque.) //// First edition of this Enlightenment novel of manners. Jean François de Bastide (Marseille, 1724 -1798), writer and journalist, was one of what Robert Darnton has called the literary underground of the Old Regime. Riddled with debt and constantly in search of a protector, he dreamed of making a career in the aura of the "philosophes", and particularly prided himself on his friendship with d'Alembert. He is quoted by Rousseau at the beginning of his "Confessions", and spent at least one time in the Bastille prison. In his second marriage, he married a "girl widely known for her gallantry". Victoire Ponty was a poor, orphaned girl. She became lady-in-waiting to a marquise in Paris. She assists her mistress in her love life, then is on the point of marrying herself in "pity" to a baron, and so on... This work is oddly rare today. The Ccfr only lists the BNF copy. A second edition was published the following year under the title "Le triomphe de l'amitié, ou Les aventures de mademoiselle Victoire Ponty". Corners and head of cap worn, beginning of crack at upper hinge, otherwise a good copy. Worldcat in US: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Vanderbilt University Library. /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET‎

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