VAUVENARGUES, Luc de. OEuvres complètes précédées d'une noti - Lot 141

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VAUVENARGUES, Luc de. OEuvres complètes précédées d'une noti - Lot 141
VAUVENARGUES, Luc de. OEuvres complètes précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages et accompagnées de notes de Voltaire, Morellet et Suard. Followed by OEuvres posthumes de Vauvenargues précédées de son éloge par M. Ch. de Saint-Maurice, et accompagnées de notes et de lettres inédites de Voltaire. Paris, J.L.J. Brière, 1821. 3 volumes, in-8, blue half-basanes with corners, spines with false nerves embossed with cold fleurons and decorated with gilt garlands, guilloche headpieces, marbled edges. LXIV - 259 ; II - 399 ; XXXIV - 330 pages. Headband of first volume gone, leather tears on the spines of all three volumes, corners dulled, upper right corner of the first cover of the second volume torn off, rare foxing. Complete works of the writer and moralist Luc de Vauvenargues, close to the philosophers of the Enlightenment. It includes philosophical treatises ("De l'esprit", "Discours sur les plaisirs", "Réflexions sur divers sujets"), essays on literary criticism and a wealth of dialogues in which Pascal converses with Fénelon and Bossuet. The third volume is devoted to his posthumous works. Texts preceded by a note on the life and works of Vauvenargues and accompanied by notes by Voltaire, Morellet and Suard. Satisfactory condition, very fresh inside.
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