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Amann, Peter. The Eighteenth-Century Revolution: French or Western? Boston; D.C. Heath, 1963. 16 essays. Paperback, light wear to wraps, else good, clean. $4.00American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[5]; Ronald C. Rosbottom, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 5. U of Wisconsin Press, 1976. 510 pp. 28 articles (27 in English, 1 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England & France, a few on Spain, Italy, & colonial America. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[6]; Ronald C. Rosbottom, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 6. U of Wisconsin Press, 1977. 485 pp. 27 articles (24 in English, 3 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England, France, & literature. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[7]; Roseann Runte, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 7. U of Wisconsin Press, 1978. 512 pp. 28 articles (27 in English, 1 in French) on 18th-century topics, mostly on England, France. & colonial America. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $25.00
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies[8]; Roseann Runte, ed. Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture, Volume 8. U of Wisconsin Press, 1979. 381 pp. 19 articles on 18th-century topics, mostly on England & France, & literature. Hardcover, near mint, no dj. $20.00
Bamford, P.W. Privilege and Profit: A Business Family in Eighteenth-Century France. U of Pennsylvania Press, 1988. 347 pp. "Pierre Babaud de la Chaussade was an entrepreneur par excellence who managed and expanded a family business in timber and iron, and in the process, became an industrial giant of 18th-century France. This comprehensive study offers a unique perspective on the many aspects of the broader economic and political life of the time by focusing on one family's business." Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, mint w/dj. OP; $20.00
Bouton, Cynthia A. The Flour War: Gender, Class, and Community in Late Ancien Régime French Society. Penn State UP, 1993. 307 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $21.95; $3.00
Brissenden, R.F., ed. Studies in the Eighteenth Century: Papers Presented at the David Nichol Smith Memorial Seminar. 2 volumes: Canberra 1966 and Canberra 1970 (2nd seminar). Published by U of Toronto Press, 1968 (vol 1), and Australian National University Press, 1973 (vol 2). 327 + 418 pp. 35 articles, mostly on Augustan/Georgian England, some on the French Enlightenment. Extensive notes, some illustrations. Hardcover, light wear to binding, else very good, no dust jackets. OP; $35.00
Burke, Peter. Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe. Harper Torch, 1978. 365 pp. W/extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, near mint. OP; $12.00
Byrne, James M. Religion and the Enlightenment: From Descartes to Kant. Louisville, KY; Westminster John Knox, 1997. 253 pp. "Religion ruled the day in 18th-century Western Europe. Each part of life--education, science, politics--revolved around the church. But as explorers began discovering other cultures and as science changed perceptions of nature, religious certainty faded. During the Enlightenment, the religious realm faced as much scrutiny as the physical world. This accessible volume offers an overview of the Enlightenment's revolution of Western theology. It explains the era's ideas within the framework of religion, politics, and society--and how they impacted that society. The author devotes entire chapters to the men behind the ideas--Rousseau, Kant, and Diderot--as well as crucial thinkers such as Descartes and Pascal, who are generally neglected in other discussions of the Enlightenment." Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $24.95; $7.00
Carpenter, Scott. Acts of Fiction: Resistance and Resolution from Sade to Baudelaire. Penn State, 1996. 172 pp. "Carpenter shows how the restructuring of society in postrevolutionary France (1795-1869) triggered a variety of narrative attempts to come to terms with social, political, and epistemological shifts. While identifying four modes of writing in works by Sade, Balzac, Nerval, and Baudelaire, Carpenter studies the entanglements of literature and history, demonstrating how narratives were used to re-engineer the cultural imagination." Notes, bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $18.95; $6.00
Cobban, Alfred. A History of Modern France. (3 volumes complete) Penguin Pelican, 1961, 2nd edition. Volume 1: 1715-1799; Volume 2: 1799-1945; Volume 3: 1945-1962. Pocket paperbacks. Vols 2 & 3 in good condition; Vol. 1 has broken apart but no pages are missing. $6.00
Darnton, Robert. The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History. NY; Basic, 1984. 298 pp. Extensive notes. Paperback, some ink underlining on a few pages, else fair. In print at $14.00; $5.00 ...NOW $2.00
Fargher, Richard. Life & Letters in France: The 18th Century. NY; Scribners, 1970. 235 pp. Brief examination of 20 authors from Chaulieu to Mme. de Stael. Extensive footnotes. Trade paperback, good, clean. OP; $5.00
Fermon, Nicole. Domesticating Passions: Rousseau, Woman, and Nation. Wesleyan UP, 1997. 231 pp. "'Woman, both real and metaphorical, is at the center of the project to reform politics, which for Rousseau means all human relations,' Fermon asserts in the study of how Rousseau places the family, women, and love within his political philosophy. Rather than accept conventional conceptual dichotomies of 'public' and 'private; or 'man' and 'citizen', Fermon suggests that Rousseau's teachings on the family represent a connecting strand in an overarching philosophy: man not only creates institutions to satisfy his own needs, 'but the needs themselves are crucially formed and transformed by the social setting and the educational experience. . . . the household becomes entrusted . . . with the reproduction of sociality itself.'" Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $19.95; $3.00
Ford, Franklin L. Robe and Sword: The Regrouping of the French Aristocracy after Louis XIV. Harvard UP, 1953. 280 pp. Extensive notes. Hardcover, near mint w/torn dj. OP; $12.00
Gay, Peter. The Enlightenment: An Interpretation. The Rise of Modern Paganism. NY; Vintage, 1968. 555 pp. Extensive bibliography. Trade paperback, light wear to wraps, else good, clean, solid reading copy. op; $8.00
Goulemot, Jean Marie. Forbidden Texts: Erotic Literature and its Readers in Eighteenth-Century France. U of Pennsylvania Press, 1994. 167 pp. Translated by James Simpson. "Goulemot approaches the erotic book as a literary genre, and suggests that in early modern France, it could be found alongside accepted forms of literary practice. He argues that erotic literature was ousted from the marketplace with the arrival of a codified elitist conception of art, examines various narrative techniques, and discusses rules of production of erotic literature and its modes of consumption, including its use in brothel waiting rooms." Notes. Hardcover, new w/dj. In print at $39.95; $5.00 ...NOW $1.00
Hardy, James D., jr. Judicial Politics in the Old Regime: The Parlement of Paris During the Regency. LSU, 1967. 225 pp. With extensive footnotes & bibliography. Inscribed by author. Hardcover, near mint w/good dj. OP; $20.00
Heer, Friedrich. Europe, Mother of Revolutions. NY; Praeger, 1972. 369 pp. Hardcover, light wear to edges and corners, else good, no dj, text clean. OP; $22.00
Herold, J. Christopher. Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Staël. NY; Bobbs-Merrill, 1958. 500 pp. Bibliography. Hardcover, good, no dj. OP; $4.00
Hertzberg, Arthur. The French Enlightenment and the Jews: The Origins of Modern Anti-Semitism. Columbia UP, 1968 (1900 printing). 420 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, some wear & creasing to wraps, pages clean, overall good. In print at $30.00; $12.00
Laver, James. The Age of Illusion: Manners and Morals 1750-1848. NY; David McKay, 1972. 197 pp. Many illustrations, notes, extensive bibliography. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. OP; $17.00
Lespinasse] Letters of Mlle. de Lespinasse: With notes on her life and character by D'Alembert, Marmontel, de Guibert, etc. Toronto; George N. Morang & Co, 1903. 339 pp. Introduction by Sainte-Beuve. Hardcover, red cloth, top edge gilded, very good condition. OP; $15.00
Loomis, Stanley. The Fatal Friendship: Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen, and the Flight to Varennes. Garden City, NY; Doubleday, 1972. 341 pp. Includes bibliography. Hardcover, good, clean, w/fair dj. OP; $5.00
Manceron, Claude. The Wind From America: 1778-1781. NY; Knopf/Borzoi, 1978. 584 pp. Vol. II of Manceron's unfinished French Revolution series; a hugely readable compendium of key scenes from the age and peeks into the lives of the famous and soon-to-be-famous figures of the Revolution. Extensive notes. Hardcover, very good w/shabby dust jacket. OP; $12.00
Marso, Lori Jo. (Un)Manly Citizens: Jean-Jacques Rousseau's and Germaine de Stael's Subversive Women. Johns Hopkins, 1999. 172 pp. "Marso explores an alternative vision of citizenship in the writings of French Enlightenment figures Rousseau and de Stael. This critique transgresses the boundary between political philosophy and literature in turning explicitly to fictional texts as the site of an alternative conception of the self, citizenship, and democratic politics. She departs from previous feminist scholarship on Rousseau by reading texts from the perspective of his women characters. In this reading, Sophie and Julie emerge as subversive of the narrow range of femininity usually understood as advocated by Rousseau." Extensive notes & bibliography. Hardcover, new w/dj. In print at $44.95; $5.00
Masters, John. Casanova. NY; Bernard Geis Assocs., 1969. 302 pp. Heavily illustrated biography. With bibliography. hardcover, ex-library copy w/usual markings & pocket; binding a little loose & shaky but intact, pages clean, fair overall. OP; $12.00
Melzer, Sara E., & Kathryn Norberg. From the Royal to the Republican Body: Incorporating the Political in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century France. U of California Press, 1998. 267 pp. "Leading scholars examine the role of the body as a primary site of signification for political power in 17th- and 18th-century France. . . . The monarchy enlisted its subjects' minds through the body: through dance, music, drama, art, and social rituals. The final essays show how the royal body politic came undone in the late 18th century and was replaced by a new republican body." 10 essays. Illustrations, extensive notes. Trade paperback, new. In print at $18.00; $3.00
Mitford, Nancy. Madame de Pompadour. NY; Harper & Row, 1968, illustrated reprint of 1954 original edition. 304 pp. Lavishly illustrated with pictures & photos in color and b/w. Bibliography. Hardcover, spine slightly skewed, else very good w/vg dj. OP; $17.00*
Mitford, Nancy. Madame de Pompadour. London; Hamish Hamilton, 1954. 324 pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Hardcover, spine slightly skewed, else good/no dj. OP; $12.00
Palmer, R.R. The Age of the Democratic Revolution: The Struggle: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800. Princeton, 1964. 584 pp. Companion volume to Palmer's "Age of the Democratic Revolution: The Challenge." Extensive notes. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. $9.00
Posner, Donald. Watteau; A Lady at her Toilet. NY; Viking Press, 1973. "Art in Context" series. 110 pp. "Posner explains the revolutionary change in artistic vision and expression embodied in the painting [ca. 1719], and uncovers its sources and motives. He demonstrates that Watteau transposed ideas drawn from Italian paintings of classical myth and allegory, Netherlandish pictures of brothels and courtesans, and French prints of fashions and manners." Many b/w illustrations, notes. Hardcover, near mint w/very good dj. $15.00
Restif de la Bretonne, Nicolas-Edmé. Les Nuits de Paris. NY; Random House, 1964. 375 pp. Selections from the French original, 108 brief essays and observations from "The Nocturnal Spectator" plus 30 "Revolutionary Nights" spanning 1789 to 1793. Translated into English by Linda Asher & Ellen Fertig. Includes explanatory notes. Hardcover, light edge & corner wear, light spotting to top page edges, else good, text clean, w/shabby dj. OP; $20.00
Rudé, George. Revolutionary Europe, 1783-1815. NY; Harper & Row, 1964. 350 pp. Part of the "History of Europe" series edited by J.H. Plumb. With extensive bibliography. Hardcover, some light soiling & foxing on front pastedown & page edges, else very good w/good dj in plastic cover. OP; $15.00
Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de; Austryn Wainhouse & Richard Seaver, ed & trans. The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings. NY; Grove Press, 1966. 799 pp. With introductions by Simone de Beauvoir & Pierre Klossowski. Includes bibliography of Sade's works. Hardcover, very good, no dj. OP; $20.00
Saint-Amand, Pierre. The Laws of Hostility: Politics, Violence, and the Enlightenment. Minnesota, 1996. 180 pp. "The Marquis de Sade, and not Rousseau, may be the truer voice of the Enlightenment. In this compelling reading of the canon of Enlightenment thinkers from Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot to Rousseau and Sade, Saint-Amand uncovers the hostility that lurks beneath the philosophes' progressive rationality. Society and sociability take center stage in Enlightenment texts and in current interpretations, but Saint-Amand reveals that reciprocity, the principle behind sociability, is always based on imitation, which inevitably degenerates into competition and rivalry. Probing the excesses of the Enlightenment, he exposes at its heart a crisis of law founded on violence . . . and specifically addresses the bad faith of the Enlightenment philosophers in their refusal to consider the violent origins of society." Translated by J.C. Gage, foreword by Chantal Mouffe. Extensive notes. Trade paperback, new. In print at $17.95; $3.00
Sandars, Mary F. Louis XVIII. NY; James Pott, n.d. (ca. 1920). 384 pp. A scarce biography of an uncommon subject. hardcover, binding worn & tattered at head & foot of spine, some repair to inner front hinge, ink inscription on flyleaf; pages very good & clean, some uncut. No dj. OP; $20.00
Schneider, Robert A. The Ceremonial City: Toulouse Observed, 1738-1780. Princeton UP, 1995. 202 pp. Examines the diary of Pierre Barthès, an obscure Latin tutor, who kept a record of what he believed to be the notable occurrences in his city for over 40 years, both religious and secular events and festivals. "Schneider argues that the festival proved a successful tool in imposing the symbols of the centralized state on Toulouse's public life, but that both the procession and the festival incorporated powerful ceremonial forms that proved politically useful for the Revolution." Trade paperback, new. In print at $16.95; $9.00
Simeone, Nigel. Paris: A Musical Gazetteer. Yale UP, 2000. 298 pp. A guidebook designed for travelers interested in exploring the historic musical sites of Paris, including composers' Paris addresses, favorite meeting places, & graves, plus information on concert venues, libraries, etc. Many photos. Trade paperback, new. In print at $19.95; $10.00
Vila, Anne C. Enlightenment and Pathology: Sensibility in the Literature and Medicine of Eighteenth-Century France. Johns Hopkins, 1998. 391 pp. "Vila surveys the various understandings of sensibility that passed back and forth between different professional modes of discourse in 18th-century France. The thrills of the nervous system, the delectations of taste, and the pangs of the heart mattered as much in the laboratory as in literature. Vila shows that the multiple junctures between the body and the mind promoted a steady commerce between science and the salons." Extensive notes & bibliography. Trade paperback, new. In print at $21.95; $5.00
Balcou, Jean. La Mer au Siècle des Encyclopédies (Brest, 17/20 1984). Paris & Geneva; Champion-Slatkine, 1987. 495 pp. From "Littérature des Voyages" series. 36 colloquium articles on the sea, maritime & naval matters, etc, in 18th-century French literature, science, technology, and history. Notes, bibliography. Trade paperback, near mint. $30.00
Barrière, Pierre. La Vie Intellectuelle en France: Du XVIe Siècle à l'Epoque Contemporaine. Paris; Albin Michel, 1961. 635 pp. Bibliography, general index. broché, two small tears to wraps, else very good. $10.00 ...NOW $2.00
Bertaut, Jules. La Vie Littéraire en France au XVIIIe Siècle. Paris; Tallandier, 1954. 460 pp. Covers French literary life from the early 18th-century salons through the Revolution and to the early Empire. Hardcover in library cloth binding, very good/no dj. $12.00
Bérubé, Georges, & Marie-France Silver, eds. La Lettre au XVIIIe Siècle et Ses Avatars: Actes du Colloque international tenu au Collège universitaire Glendon, Université York; Toronto (Ontario) Canada, 29 avril-1er mai 1993. Toronto; Editions du Gref, 1996. 420 pp. 30 articles. Extensive notes. Trade paperback, near mint. $20.00
Borel, Antoine, & Elluin, illustrators; Alain Clerval, preface. Cent vignettes érotiques gravées par Elluin pour illustrer sept romans libertins du dix-huitième siècle and Cent gravures de l'époque pour illustrer La Nouvelle Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu, suivie de l'Histoire de Juliette, sa soeur, de Sade. 2 volumes. N.p.; Images Obliques/Editions Borderie, 1978. 139 + 109 pp. Illustrations plus brief introductions, no other text. (How do the subjects of these eye-popping pictures manage to keep their hair so suspiciously perfect?) Hardcover, a little light sunning to cloth, else near mint. $45.00
Ehrard, Jean; Mauzi, R., & Menant, S.; Didier, Béatrice. Littérature Française: Le XVIIIe Siècle. Three volumes complete. Paris; Arthaud, 1974/1977/1976. 337 / 289 / 383 pp. Consists of: I: 1720-1750 (Ehrard); II: 1750-1778 (Mauzi & Menant); III: 1778-1820 (Didier). All 3 volumes are presentation copies to Georges May, signed by the authors. Many illustrations. Extensive bibliography. Large trade paperbacks, light wear to wraps, else very good. $50.00
Hemsterhuis, François; Georges May, ed. Lettre sur l'homme et ses rapports, avec le commentaire inédit de Diderot. Yale, 1964. 521 pp. Oversize, 7 x 10". "In 1773 Diderot met the Dutch philosopher Hemsterhuis and received from him a copy of 'Lettre sur l'homme et ses rapports.' Diderot proceeded to cover the interfoliated blank pages of the book with comments, politely but effectively tearing apart Hemsterhuis's arguments against the current philosophy of materialism. This book, with Diderot's handwritten comments, is now published for the first time in a facsimile text with a transcript of the comments. The notations give important new insights on the evolution of the philosopher's metaphysical ideas and show that in spite of his rejection of the radical deterministic views of Helvetius, Diderot counterposed his own coherent materialistic system to Hemsterhuis's attempt to rejuvenate natural religion." Edited and annotated by Georges May. Hardcover, very good w/good dj. OP; $25.00*
Lemaitre, Jules. Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Paris; Calmann-Levy, 1905. 360 pp. 10 chapters on various aspects of Rousseau's philosophy and writings. Hardcover, sturdy library cloth binding, near-mint condition. $15.00
May, Georges. Rousseau. Paris; Editions du Seuil, 1994, revised ed. of original 1961 ed. 206 pp. Bibliography, many b/w & color illustrations. Small paperback, new. $4.00...NOW $1.00
Prévost, Abbé; Jean Sgard, ed. Œuvres de Prévost. 8 volumes complete. Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1978-86. Approx. 400-600 pp per volume. Please inquire with any questions about texts included in the set. With appendices indicating variations in texts of early editions of Prévost's works; extensive notes; commentary. Hardcover, simulated leather binding, near-mint condition on all volumes except for vol. VIII which has a tiny (¼") tear at head of spine. Otherwise clean, crisp, and tight. $200.00
Robert, Raymonde. Le Conte de Fées Littéraire en France, de la fin du XVIIe à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. P.U. de Nancy, 1981. 509 pp. Extensive notes & bibliography. Paperback, light wear to wraps, else very good. $17.00
Rousseau] Jean-Jacques Rousseau / Madame de la Tour: Correspondance. Editions Babel, 1998. 349 pp. Preface & notes by Georges May. Many explanatory notes. Paperback, new. $6.00 NOW $1.00
Sade, Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de; Annie Le Brun & Jean-Jacques Pauvert, eds. Aline et Valcour, ou le Roman philosophique. 2 volumes complete. Editions Pauvert, 1986. 875 pp total. Includes some supplemental material relating to the novel. Trade paperback, some discoloration to wraps, else near mint condition. $45.00
Ségur, Louis-Philippe de. Mémoires. ODD VOLUMES. Vols 1 & 3 of 3 only. Paris; Alexis Eymery, 1824/26, 1st edition. 526 / 601 pp. Vol 1 covers Ségur's experiences in America & the Revolutionary War; Vol 3 his embassy to Russia. Original boards, shabby with much wear on spines & corners. Some foxing in contents. $45.00
Tableau] Tableau de la Littérature Française. 2 volumes. Paris; Gallimard, 1939 (vol 2) & 1962 (vol 1). 653 + 489 pp. Volume I: De Rutebeuf à Descartes; Volume II: De Corneille à Chénier. Over 100 articles, by leading scholars, on French literary figures and styles from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century. Both hardcover but bound in different styles: volume I is bound in publisher's cloth binding, while volume II is bound in a heavier library cloth binding. Both in excellent condition aside from a little browning to pages of vol. II. $45.00
Vissière, Jean-Louis, ed. Le Marquis d'Argens: Colloque International de 1988. Université de Provence/Centre Aixois d'Etudes et Recherches sur le XVIIIe Siècle, 1990. 208 pp. 12 articles. Extensive notes. Trade paperback, very good. $17.00
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