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Amsterdam edition of the collected works of a pioneer of the Enlightenment

SAINT-EVREMONT, Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, Seigneur de.
Oeuvres de Monsieur de Saint-Evremond publiées sur ses manuscrits avec la vie de l'auteur par Mr. des Maizeaux. Cinqiéme édition, revue, corrigée & augmentée. Enrichie de figures gravées par B. Picart le Romain.

With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725.

With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725.

With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725.

With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725.

With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725.



Amsterdam, Arkstee & Merkus, libraires à Leipzig, 1739. 5 vols. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, with blind stamped titles on spines, as well as labels lettered in gold, red sprinkled edges. With 5 engraved frontispieces (3 different frontispieces: 2 allegorical and one by J. v. Schley, dated 1738), engraved printer's devices on titles (3 different vignettes, one by B. Picard (1725), one by J. v. Schley (1738) and one with the portrait of Saint-Evremont), half-page engraved coat of arms of the Earls of Macclesfield ('Sapere aude'), by B. Picard, dated 1725, 4 full-page engraved plates, engraved head-pieces by B. Picard, dated 1725. (2), XXVIII, 367, 5, 169, (19); (2), 460, (12); (2), 443, (17); (6), 490, (17); (10), 418, (12) pp.

Fifth edition, revised & enlarged, of the complete works by Charles de Marquetel de Saint Denis, seigneur de Saint-Evremont (1613-1703). With a dedication to Lord Macclesfield by the editor Pierre des Maizeaux (1666-1745), the 'Avertissement', dated London, 23 December 1725, the preface by Mr. Silvestre, dated London, 1 April 1705, and an extensive biography of Saint-Evremont by Des Maizeau, dated London, 15 November 1706 and addressed to Mr. Bayle in the first vol. (pp. 1-326). Our copy is another issue of the edition Amsterdam, Covens en Mortier, 1739.
Saint-Évremond never authorized the printing of any of his works during his lifetime. But he empowered Des Maizeaux to publish his works after his death: the first edition of these complete works appeared in London in 2 vols. in 1705, and were often reprinted.

Charles de Marguetel de Saint-Denis, seigneur de Saint-Évremond (1613-1703), was a French soldier, epicurean , essayist and literary critic. After 1661, he lived in exile, first to Holland, but mainly in England, as a consequence of his attack on French policy and criticizing Mazarin's treaty with Spain at the time of the peace of the Pyrenees (1659). He spent the rest of his life in the English courts of Charles II, James II, and William III. "A man of sceptical and epicurean temperament, one of the most distinguished of the "libertins", he wrote with light, sober, witty elegance short disquisitions on many subjects, literary and other, and his literary criticism had considerable influence in England, where he was on intimate terms with courtiers such as Buckingham and writers such as Hobbes, Waller, and Cowley ... " (Oxford Companion to French Literature).
His Œuvres include essays as 'L'Amour', 'La Tragédie', 'L'Amitié', 'Les Français', etc.; there are portraits, literary observations, 'Reflexions diverses', 'Melanges', and entertaining letters, sketches, bons mots, etc., comedies 'Les Academiciens', 'Sir Politick would-be', etc. Modern editions of his works are by Hippeau (Paris, 1852), C Giraud (Paris, 1865), and a selection (1881) with a notice by M. de Lescure.

Good set with library stamps of the 'Schloss Bibliothek zu Schönbrunn v. Schindel' and engraved ex-libris 'Ex Museo Aug. d. J.'- (Some wormholes in endpapers; some browning).
Cf. Brunet V, cols. 38-9; Cohen-De Ricci p.924, listing an edition by Covens & Mortier that is otherwise identical to our edition; this edition not in Cioranescu. Cf. Nouv. Bibogr. Gén. 43, cols. 8-14.

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