Lot n° 195
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Elie Catherine Freron, Letters on some writings of that time - Lot 195
Elie Catherine Freron, Letters on some writings of that time. A Paris, by Duchesne, 1752. 5 volumes bound in 3 vols. in-12 of 368-(4) pp. ; 360-III pp. ; 360-IV pp. ; 360-4 pp., marbled havana calf, smooth spine decorated, title pieces in red morocco, red edges (binding of the period). FRERON (Elie Catherine). L'Année littéraire, or continuation of the Letters on some writings of that time. Year M DCC LX. In Amsterdam, and is in Paris, Chez Michel Lambert, 1760. 6 tomes en 3 vol. in-12 de 360 pp. ; 360 pp. ; 288 pp. ; 288 pp. ; 360 pp. ; 360 pp. ; 360 pp., marbled havana half-basane, spines decorated with nerves, title and tomaison pieces in blond calf (contemporary binding). 1 Reissue by Fréron (1718-1776) at Duchesne's (1718-1776) of the first two years (1749-1750) of his periodical with important variants (vols. I and II); original edition for the year 1752 (vol. III). This periodical appeared from January 1, 1749 to January 1754 without an author's name; publication was interrupted in 1750 and 1752 because of articles too openly criticizing the philosophers. In 1752, the journal was suspended for a long time (14 April to 25 October), again due to Voltaire; it was this year that Fréron found the clan that would protect it: that of Stanislas of Poland, the Queen, the Dauphin. From now on Fréron will try to spare Voltaire to concentrate his attacks on the philosophers who are beginning to organize themselves into a dangerous party. "This collection of Letters directed by a Voltairian who hates Voltaire is, from a chronological, aesthetic and political point of view, the necessary introduction to L'Année littéraire. Sgard, II, 838; Hatin, 44. Three worn headdresses. 2. A continuation of Lettres sur quelques écrits de ce temps, this new periodical by Fréron appears irregularly from 1754 to 1776. Generally speaking, it is devoted to literary and artistic criticism, to literature foreign to the antiphilosophical polemic against Voltaire, Diderot, the encyclope
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