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‎Ernest Renan. Vie de Jésus : . Préface de la 13e édition‎

‎Calmann-Lévy Nancy impr. Berger-Levrault 1960 431 pages 1960. 431 pages.‎

‎e année / Cercle Ernest‎

‎Renan 1985 1985.‎

‎tres bon etat‎

‎Fils du soleil‎

‎LE GENEVRIER 2099 48 pages 24x28x1cm. 2099. Broché. 48 pages.‎

‎Etat correct - ouvrage jamais lu mais présente des defauts de stockage et/ou manipulations- expédié soigneusement dans emballage adapté depuis la France‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎Famot Sans date.‎

‎Pages françaises‎

‎Calmann Lévy 1921 233 pages Paris. in-12. 1921. Demi-Basane grenat titrée au dos en lettres dorées. 233 pages.‎

‎Etat correct avec des rousseurs éparses‎

‎Sur Corneille Racine et Bossuet‎

‎Les cahiers de Paris cahier V (2ème série) 1926 129 pages Paris. in-12. 1926. broché. 129 pages. Ex. n° 648 sur vélin d'alfa des Papeteries Lafuma‎

‎Etat correct avec le dos bruni. Intérieur avec rousseurs‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎Folio 1992 332 pages poche. 1992. Poche. 332 pages.‎

‎Très bon état‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎ Sans date.‎

‎Très bon état‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎ Sans date.‎

‎Bon état‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎Calmann-Lévy Sans date.‎

‎Bon état‎

‎De L'Origine Du Langage / Novembre 1935‎

‎Calmann-Lévy 1935 1935.‎

‎Bon état‎

‎Histoire du Peuple d'Israel - Tome 4‎

‎Calmann Lévy Editeur 1893 1893.‎

‎Les Apotres. Histoire des origines du Christianisme. Livre deuxième qui comprend depuis la mort de Jésus jusqu'aux grandes missions de Saint-Paul (33-45)‎

‎Michel Lévy frères 1866 LXIV-388 pages in8. 1866. Relié. LXIV-388 pages.‎

‎Etat Correct Reliure frottée avec les coins émoussés. Intérieur avec rousseurs laissant une lecture très satisfaisante‎

‎Souvenirs d'enfance et de jeunesse‎

‎Calmann Lévy 1883 XXIII-411 pages in-8. 1883. Demi-Cuir Dos orné de motifs dorés. XXIII-411 pages. Description et culture des principaux légumes des climats tempérés. Nombreuses illustrations en noir‎

‎Etat correct. Des frottements à la reliure. Intérieur avec rousseurs laissant une lecture satisfaisante‎

‎Fils du soleil: Un conte indien pueblo‎

‎Le Genévrier éditions 2099 48 pages 24x28x1cm. 2099. Broché. 48 pages.‎

‎French édition - Livre issu de déstockage JAMAIS LU présentant des marques de manipulation sur la couverture et/ou les pourtours mais demeurant en très bon état d'ensemble.Expédition sous blister dans une enveloppe matelassée depuis la France‎

‎Souvenirs d'Enfance et de Jeunesse‎

‎Nelson editeurs Sans date.‎

‎Fils du soleil‎

‎LE GENEVRIER 2099 48 pages 24x28x1cm. 2099. Broché. 48 pages.‎

‎Très bon état - L'ouvrage qui n'a jamais été lu peut présenter de légères traces de stockage mais est du reste en très bon état. envoi rapide et soigné dans un emballage adapté depuis France‎

‎Discours et Conferences‎

‎Paris Calmann - Levy Mass Market Paperback Good ‎

‎discours et conferences, dixième edition, 409 pp, 22 x 14 cm, broché, bonne exemplaire‎

‎Vie de Jésus. - [PMM 352 - THE HISTORICAL CHRIST - WITH ORIGINAL LETTER FROM RENAN]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Lex 8vo. Bound uncut with the original printed wrappers in a very nice and elegant half morocco binding with five raised bands and gilt author and title to spine (Trinckvel). Wrappers a bit soiled, and a small repair to margin of front wrapper. Lower right corner of first two leaves repaired, far from afecting lettering. Otherwise a fine copy. Original handwritten and signed letter from Renan inserted between front end-papers. Withe the half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). (4), LIX, (1), 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).‎

‎True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The 1 full page original handwritten and signed (E. Renan) letter is dated August 1869 is about a certain Mr. Bambal, who, Renan writes, has left made a very good impression on him and has been a great help during his candidacee. He praises him as an intlligent man. Renan furthermore mentions a book that he wishes to give to the brother of the addressee of the letter. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎

‎Vie de Jésus. - [PMM 352 - THE HISTORICAL CHRIST]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Bound totally uncut w. the orig. wrappers, also the back, in a near cont. green marbled cardboardbdg. w. red gilt title- and tome-labels to back. Capitals w. traces of use and back a bit faded, but otherwise nice and solid. Wrappers lightly soiled. Woodcut portrait of Renan inserted as frontispiece (not called for). W. half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). A very nice and clean copy, -only a couple of leaves w. very minor brownspotting. (4), LIX, 462 pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).‎

‎True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Rare with the original wrappers. Renan's masterpiece, which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎

‎Histoire du peuple d’Israël, Tome 1er, Tome V. Somptueux exemplaire de tête, l’un des 30 tirés sur papier impérial du Japon portant le n° 15, relié par Pierre Lucien Martin, « l’un des plus remarquables relieurs du XXe siècle ».‎

‎«Pour un esprit philosophique, c’est-à-dire un esprit préoccupé des origines, il n’y a vraiment dans le passé de l’humanité que trois histoires de premier intérêt : l’histoire grecque, l’histoire d’Israël, l’histoire romaine. Ces trois histoires réunies constituent ce qu’on peut appeler l’histoire de la civilisation». (E. Renan) Paris, Calmann Lévy, 1887-1893. 5 volumes in-8 : I/ (1) f.bl., (2) ff., xxix pp., 455 pp. ; II/ (2) ff., iv pp., 545 pp., (3) pp. bl. ; III/ vii pp., 527 pp. ; IV/ (2) ff., 411 pp. ; V/ (2) ff., 427 pp., grand papier japon, demi-maroquin bleu à coins, têtes dorées, couvertures oranges et dos conservés. Reliure signée P. L. Martin. 242 x 153 mm.‎

‎Edition originale «importante. Recherchée sur grand papier» (M. Clouzot). Précieux et superbe exemplaire de tête, l’un des 30 tirés sur papier impérial du Japon, portant le n° 15. «Histoire du peuple d'Israël de M. Renan n'a pas déçu l'attente des amis de la belle littérature. Jamais l'admirable écrivain, auquel nous devons tant de pages charmantes, ne s'est montré plus pleinement maître de toutes les ressources de notre langue, jamais sujet, sauf la Vie de Jésus, ne lui a permis de déployer plus librement les dons si divers d'artiste et de poêle qui, dans cette nature privilégiée, font presque oublier le savant et le penseur. On retrouve ici M. Renan tout entier, - avec ses défauts, sans doute, c'est-à-dire l'abus de l'ironie inutile dans la pensée et de l'anachronisme inutile dans l'expression, çà et là des traits que réprouverait un goût sévère, et des boutades qui ressemblent à des gageures - mais aussi avec ses qualités, toujours jeunes, de souplesse, de verve, de lumière, avec sa profondeur sans pédantisme et sa grâce sans afféterie, par-dessus tout, avec ce je ne sais quoi «de léger et d’ailé», qui fait involontairement songer à Platon. On peut ne pas ouvrir l’Histoire d’Israël, mais, une fois ouverte, je défie quiconque de la fermer sans l’avoir lue jusqu'au bout. On est parfois agacé ou choqué, plus souvent ému, - entraîné et séduit presque toujours. Et que de pages laissent dans la mémoire une empreinte ineffaçable, depuis ces premiers chapitres où l'existence des nomades du désert syrien ressuscite dans la fraîcheur d'une idylle peinte d’après nature, jusqu'aux portraits si vivants de Saül, de David et de leurs rudes compagnons, - depuis cette vision presque troublante du massif du Sinaï, jusqu'au parallèle, en somme, aussi juste qu'éloquent, entre la langue grecque « luth a sept cordes, qui sait vibrer à l'unisson de tout ce qui est humain », et l'hébreu « carquois de flèches d'acier, câble aux torsions puissantes, trombone d'airain brisant l'air avec deux ou trois notes aiguës! » Le secret du style de M. Renan paraît être dans l’alliance d'un vocabulaire romantique par la force, la richesse et le coloris, avec un tour de phrase classique, c'est-à-dire noble, simple et français. Quelle bonne fortune qu'un pareil livre dans un siècle où l'érudition met sa coquetterie à tourner le dos à la littérature, pendant que la littérature met la sienne à s'affubler d'un jargon scientifique ou naturaliste ! » «‘L’Histoire du Peuple d’Israël’ n’est, à proprement parler, qu’une longue préface à la grande œuvre qui assure à M. Renan une place unique dans l’histoire religieuse moderne et dans notre littérature française. Montrer le développement religieux du peuple d’Israël, dégager les principes qui se sont combinés pour former l’âme d’Israël, assigner à ce peuple étonnant sa véritable place dans l’œuvre collective de la civilisation humaine, tel est le but véritable poursuivi par M. Renan et qu’il ne faut pas perdre de vue en jugeant son œuvre […] Il importe singulièrement plus de dégager l’histoire humaine en Israël que de relier péniblement une série de monographies sur des sujets d’ordre secondaire. A chaque page, pour ainsi dire, le lecteur érudit rencontre des assertions qui, pour lui, homme du métier, sont beaucoup moins assurées que ne le suppose le récit de M. Renan. Mais on aurait tort d’en faire un reproche au savant historien. S’il les énonce, c’est qu’elles expriment la conclusion à laquelle ses longues recherches sur ces matières ont abouti. Et si parfois on est en droit de trouver trop grande la part qu’il fait à l’intuition ou à une sorte de divination dans l’appréciation des dates ou des textes, il pourrait encore nous répondre qu’en pareille matière l’instinct littéraire, le goût, je dirais volontiers le flair de l’homme qui joint une grande délicatesse artistique à une très forte culture scientifique, sont parfois de meilleurs guides que la sèche raison du critique qui dissèque des textes dont il est incapable de saisir la vie. Dans le volume qui nous occupe, il y a trois éléments bien distincts, fondus par l’auteur en un récit harmonieux et continu: une histoire profane des Israélites depuis l’avènement de David jusqu’à la destruction du royaume du nord par les Assyriens; une histoire littéraire des plus anciens documents retrouvés par l’analyse dans l’Ancien Testament, tels que le livre des Légendes patriarcales, œuvre d’un conteur de Béthel ou de Sichem, le livre des Guerres de Jahvé et celui du Iasar, composés de chants populaires et de traditions héroïques vers le Xe siècle, dans le royaume d’Israël; une double historie sainte, celle du nord, dite jéhoviste, avec le ‘Livre de l’Alliance’ et celle de Jérusalem, dite élohiste avec le ‘Décalogue’ et enfin les plus anciens écrits prophétiques; troisièmement une histoire du développement religieux d’Israël que l’on peut ne pas admettre, mais dont il est impossible de contester l’exécution magistrale. Et tout cela se pénètre réciproquement avec une abondance d’observations fines, de vues générales, reflétant une connaissance approfondie du pays et une vive intuition de la vie orientale […] Il est un fait qu’il faut noter, c’est que le tact littéraire exquis de l’auteur lui permet de sentir et de faire sentir à son lecteur la spontanéité et la fraicheur de rédaction de certains fragments qui trahissent par là même leur origine antique et leur authenticité relative. Quand on a une fois ressenti cette impression, les plus beaux raisonnements du monde ne vous feront pas admettre que ces fragments soient des compositions tardives de quelque scribe, désireux de soutenir une thèse sacerdotale aux dépens de personnages et de peuples ayant disparu depuis longtemps du théâtre de l’histoire […] (Maurice Vernes, Revue de l’histoire des religions, 1889, vol. 19, p. 230). Somptueux exemplaire de tête de cet ouvrage recherché, relié en demi-maroquin bleu à coins par Pierre-Lucien Martin.‎

‎Vie de Jésus. Huitième édition.‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. Royal 8vo. Nice cont. solid black hcalf w. five raised bands and gilt title to back. Half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier"") browned, otherwise only occational brownspotting. A nice and solid copy.. (4), LIX, 459, (2) pp. + (1) leaf (colophon).‎

‎Printed the same year as the first edition (also Paris, Michel Lévy Frères). The work caused immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece, which constitudes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholocism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎

‎Vie de Jésus.‎

‎Berlin, Jul. Springer, 1863. 8vo. nice cont. twotoned hcalf w. gilt back. Internally only occational minor brownspotting. Old owner's name to front free endpaper (""Madme Rothe née Roux""). (4), XLII, 327 pp.‎

‎The Berlin-edition of the seminal work, which was immensely influential on European thought, philosophy, history and religion from the date of its appearance. The first edition appeared in Paris in the same year, and the Berlin-edition appeared about simultaneously.The work caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece, which constitudes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholocism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎

‎Averroes et l'Averroïsme. Essai historique.‎

‎Paris, Durand, 1852. Royal 8vo. Uncut in the orig. wrappers, back crudely repaired w. blank paper-strip, lacking upper part. Tears to edges of wrappers and lacking lower right corner of front wrapper and first free blank leaf (partly pasted down). Dampstaining and brownspotting throughout. W. half-title. (4), XII, 367 pp.‎

‎First edition of Renan's first book, -the seminal work that placed the study of Renaissance philosophy on the philosophical map and earned Renan a doctorate of letters. This work constitutes the first proper monograph on the great Islamic philosopher, Ibn Rush, also called Averroes, who is considered the greatest commentator on the works of Aristotle, and it is principally because of this work that the great philosopher and scientist is seriously appreciated in Europe today. Besides dealing with Averroes himself, Renan studies the development and different branches of Averroism, focusing on the Jewish, Scholastic and Paduan ones. His focus on the Paduan Averroism (16th century) in this work has meant that Renaissance philosophy was finally given a role of its own in the history of philosophy, -it is with this work that the philosophy of the Renaissance is taken seriously in the study of philosophy.""Memoirs on semitic languages and on the study of Greek in the Middle Ages were crowned by the Académie in 1848 and 1849 but do not seem to have been published. Renan's first book, published in 1852, was, in fact, ""Averroes et l'Averroïsme"" (see 24) which earned him a doctorate of letters."" (PMM 352). Renan has always been admired for his sharp mind, his great abilities and courage, but for the same reasons he was feared by many. ""Dés 1852 il signalait dans la préface de son Averroës comme le trait caractéristique du dix-neuvième siècle la substitution de la méthode historique dans toutes les études relatives à l'esprit humain. Cette substitution est légitime"" mais elle serait dangereuse si elle allait jusqu'à proscrire la théologie et la métaphysique... "" (N.B.G. (1862) 51:984). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scolar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎

‎Vie de Jésus. - [PMM 352 - THE HISTORICAL CHRIST]‎

‎Paris, Michel Lévy Frères, 1863. 8vo. Orig. green hcloth w. gilt spine. Upper back hinge cracked and spine a bit crooked. Corners a bit bumped. A very nice copy w. only occasional minor brownspotting. Old owner's inscription to title-page. W. half-title (""Histoire des Origines du Christianisme. Livre premier""). (4), LIX, (1), 462, (2) pp.‎

‎True first edition of this seminal classic on the life of Jesus, which caused an immediate scandal when it appeared. Renan's masterpiece, which constitutes the first attempt to write a biography of Jesus the man and strongly puts forth the notion that the Bible too can be subject to historical investigation and critical scrutiny. The work enraged the Roman Catholic Church but was an immediate success in most of Europe. ""In six months sixty thousand copies of the French edition had been sold and edition succeeded edition. Renan regarded the book as the first of a series on the ""Origins of Christianity"", which he continued with ""The Apostles"" (1866), ""Saint Paul"" (1869), ""The Anti-Christ"" (1873), ""The Gospels"" (1877), ""The Christian Church"" (1879) and ""Marcus Aurelius"" (1881) but none of these emulated the success of the ""Life of Jesus""... Immediate success was partly a ""succès de scandale"" but this would not have kept the book alive. It is Renan's approach to the subject and his beautiful prose that gave it lasting eminence."" (PMM 352). This groundbreaking work analyses the personality of the man Jesus, -a figure created by Renan out of his mind, but based on historical sources. ""It is a pastoral idyll with the central figure a gentle, albeit oracular visionary, his power to work miracles a part of his unique personality -the son of man, but not the Son of God... In this great work it seems clear that the audience he has found was the one he sought: the general reading public rather than the limited coterie of scholars"" and there is no doubt of the fact or the degree of his success."" (PMM 352). ""C'est le livre plus célèbre d'Ernest Renan (1823-1892) et le premier volume de l'Hisoire des origines du Christianisme""... on peut considérer cette ""Vie de Jésus"" comme une oeuvre de vulgarisation: l'auteur cherche à déterminer ce qui, au point de vue ""scientifique"", est de créance dans la vie du Nazaréen?"" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Apart from causing a world-wide scandal, the work was also a world-wide success, and no matter how many harsh words can be said about the historical and religious contents of the work, there is no doubt about the fact that it influenced the destiny of Catholicism decisively and that it is a masterpiece of 19th century French literature. It is very elegantly written and is renowned for its description of the historical setting, charming descriptions of sceneries, its penetrating psychological analysis and its overall style and class. ""Il faut ajouter que la ""Vie de Jésus"" compte au nombre des livres les mieux écrits de son temps"" le charme de la peinture des paysages, le pittoresque géneralement exact des évocations historiques, l'analyse pénétrante de l'âme des personnages, des seductions du style enfin, n'ont pas été pour rien dans le succès universel de cette oeuvre."" (Laffont-Bompiani IV:681). Ernest Renan (1823-1892) was a French philologist, philosopher and historian. His father died when he was aged five, and his mother wanted him to become a priest. Until he was about 16 years old, he was trained by the Church, but due to his investigative and truth-seeking nature as well as his studies (e.g. Hebrew), he was in doubt as to the historical truth of the Scriptures, and with the help of his sister he chose his own path in life. ""He studied intensively the languages of the Bible and filled a number of minor academic positions, frequently encountering difficulties because of the heterodoxy and outspokenness of his religious opinions."" (Printing and the Mind of Man 352). In 1840 he began studying philosophy and later philology, in 1847 he took his degree as Agrégé de Philosophie and became master at the Lycée of Vendome. After having returned from a mission to Italy in the year 1850 where he gathered material for his historical-philosophical masterpiece, ""Averroës et l'Averroisme"", he was offered employment at the ""Bibliothèque Nationale"" (at the manuscript department). In 1861 he was chosen to become professor of Hebrew at the Collège de France, but because the emperor refused to ratify the appointment (inspired by the Clerical party), he was not established in the chair untill 1870. In 1878 he was elected for the Academy. Renan is considered a scholar of the greatest excellence and an impressive writer. ‎