‎Fontenelle‎

‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier‎

‎Œuvres de Monsieur de Fontenelle: des Académies françoise des sciences . 1766 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - French Pages 494. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1766. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier Champagnac J. B. J. Jean Baptiste Joseph‎

‎Œuvres de Fontenelle précédées d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages . 1825 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - fre Pages 466. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1825. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier Champagnac J. B. J. Jean Baptiste Joseph‎

‎Œuvres de Fontenelle precedees d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages . 1825‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - fre Pages 474. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1825. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier Champagnac J. B. J. Jean Baptiste Joseph‎

‎Œuvres de Fontenelle precedees d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages . Volume 5 1825 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - fre Vol: - Volume 5 Pages 467. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1825. This book is printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume 5 hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier‎

‎Œuvres de Monsieur de Fontenelle: des Académies françoise des sciences . 1766 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - French Pages 494. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1766. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier .‎

‎Œuvres diverses de M. de Fontenelle de l'Academie Francoise. v.3. Volume v.3. 1742 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - fre Vol: - Volume v.3. Pages 556. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1742. This book is printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume v.3. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier‎

‎Œuvres diverses de M. de Fontenelle . Volume 1 1701‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - Catalan Vol: - Volume 1 Pages 374. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1701. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Volume 1 paperback‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier M. de‎

‎Œuvres Volume 4‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - eng Pages 293. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎FONTENELLE BERNARD de.‎

‎�lements de la Geometrie de L'Infini. Suite des Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Paris De L'Imprimerie Royale 1727.‎

‎4to. Cont. full calf. 5 raised bands and richly gilt compartments. Faint scratches on covers. Corners and edges a little rubbed. 2 small holes in leather at sides of upper compartment. 26548 pp. and 1 folded engraved plate. Engraved vignette. On good paper. � First edition of the well-known French philosopher and mathematician's main mathematical work. Fontenelle author of "The Plurality of Worlds" claims here that Geometry is entirely intellectual and independent of the actual decription and existence of figures following more the conceptions of Descartes than those of Newton. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier Bouillier Francisque‎

‎�loges de Fontenelle : choix prononc�es � l'Acad�mie des sciences 1883‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - fre Pages 358. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1883. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier‎

‎�loges. Avec une introd. et des notes par Francisque Bouillier 1883‎

‎2020. Paperback. New. Lang: - fre Pages 372. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1883. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback‎

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‎Fontenelle M. de Bernard Le Bovier‎

‎�l�mens de la g�om�trie de l'infini. Suite des M�moires de l'Acad�mie royale des sciences. 1727 Hardcover‎

‎2020. Hardcover. New. Lang: - fre Pages 594. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back 1727. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎FONTENELLE Bernard le Bovier 1657 1757‎

‎�l�ments de la G�ometrie de l�Infini suite des memoires de l�Academie Royale des Sciences‎

‎Paris: De L�Imprimerie Royale 1727. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 249 x 187mm. 26 548 pages. Title with woodcut royal printer�s device fleur-de-lis three under crown. Folding engraved plate of figures of planes. Contemporary mottled calf gilt marbled endpapers spine gilt in compartments with morocco lettering label ELEMENTS DE LA GEOMETRIE; occasional toning light soiling and minor stains on title light marginal dampstaining mostly in middle of volume wormtrail and dampstaining in blank upper margins toward end few stains in upper margin of plate nothing severe a good book in contemporary binding. Near contemporary ink inscription French surname �Baudoin� on end-leaf another instance cancelled and �No. 17� on title. 1727 first edition of Fontenelle�s published theories on inifinitesimal calculus plenty in philosophical dialogue. <br/><br/>While �l�ments de la G�ometrie de l�Infini was praised by Alexis Fontaine des Bertins as an �inspiration� Fontenelle�s contemporary mathematicians did not consider his book to be a mathematical work. Fontenelle�s main desire in line with early-Enlightenment ideals was to make science accessible to the layman. His work laid the foundations for such discussion by taking a philosophical approach to the calculus of infinity writing in a novelistic style. For infinity Fontenelle studied the curvatures of the plane curves using the sines of angles of contingence although in practice Fontenelle�s theories contained many paradoxes. The result was that Fontenelle�s work was increased and expanded on by his supporters famously by the Jesuit mathematician Louis-Betrand Castel. In addition Fontenelle�s work was the basis on Fontaine�s 1731 work on the curvature of plane curves which presented new formulas on infinity and was a highly praised work in the Paris Academy. OCLC locates several institutional copies in the US additionally held in microform. Fontenelle�s is a classic and fundamental textbook work on geometry from the French Enlightenment-era still containing valuable points. De L�Imprimerie Royale hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard de .‎

‎�n�e et Lavinie trag�die en 5 actes et 1 prologue en musique paroles de Fontenelle musique de Colasse. Repr�sent�e par l'Acad�mie royale de musique '1690 Hardcover‎

‎2018. Hardcover. New. Lang: - Francais Pages 76. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back '1690. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard De‎

‎A plurality of worlds‎

‎England: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limited to 1600 copies 8vo pp. x 138 2; full vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper cover t.e.g. color stencil illustrations by T. L. Poulton discoloration to binding along spine otherise a tight bright copy in decorated slipcase. Originally published in 1686 this book was one of the first to explore scientific concepts in popular language and one of the earliest to discuss the possibility of extraterrestrial life. <br/><br/> The Nonesuch Press hardcover books‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bouyer de‎

‎A PLURALITY OF WORLDS‎

‎London: The Nonesuch Press 1929. Limp vellum over wrappers. Translated by John Glanvill prologue by D. Garnett. Color headpieces. One of 1600 numbered copies printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Ink name on free endsheet vellum a trifle dust darkened but a good copy without slipcase. The Nonesuch Press hardcover books‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard le Bouyer de‎

‎Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes‎

‎Paris: Michel Brunet 1698. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Polished contemporary calf spine in six compartments with raised bands. Wear to spine ends and corners contemporary manuscript notes to title-page. Fourth edition. xx 297 3 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. A defence of the heliocentric model of the solar system one of the major early works of the Enlightenment. Michel Brunet unknown books‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard le Bovier Sieur de‎

‎A week's conversation on the Plurality of Worlds. By Monsieur De Fontenelle. The sixth edition. Translated by Mrs. A. Behn Mr. J. Glanvil John Hughes Esq; and <br />William Gardner Esq. To which is added. Mr. Addison's Defence on the Newtonian philosophy.‎

‎London: A. Bettesworth 1737. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; pp. x 189 1. modern calf rear board shows leather cracking. Engraved frontispiece worn and repaired. Large folding plate bound after preface present but stained and repaired along edges. First published in French in 1686 the author's most famous and frequently translated and reprinted book this English edition appears uncommon. Fontenelle's book "became a seminal influence on proto science fiction. This is one of the earliest works ever written popularizing science notably astronomy for the layman which it does by wittily presenting its speculations -- many about the possibility of life on other worlds -- in the form of conversations after dinner between the author and a marquise." - Clute and Nicholls eds The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1993 p. 437. <br/><br/> A. Bettesworth hardcover books‎

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‎FONTENELLE Bernard le Bovier 1657 1757‎

‎Éléments de la Géometrie de l’Infini suite des memoires de l’Academie Royale des Sciences‎

‎Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale 1727. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 249 x 187mm. 26 548 pages. Title with woodcut royal printer’s device fleur-de-lis three under crown. Folding engraved plate of figures of planes. Contemporary mottled calf gilt marbled endpapers spine gilt in compartments with morocco lettering label ELEMENTS DE LA GEOMETRIE; occasional toning light soiling and minor stains on title light marginal dampstaining mostly in middle of volume wormtrail and dampstaining in blank upper margins toward end few stains in upper margin of plate nothing severe a good book in contemporary binding. Near contemporary ink inscription French surname “Baudoin” on end-leaf another instance cancelled and “No. 17” on title. 1727 first edition of Fontenelle’s published theories on inifinitesimal calculus plenty in philosophical dialogue. <br/><br/>While Éléments de la Géometrie de l’Infini was praised by Alexis Fontaine des Bertins as an “inspiration” Fontenelle’s contemporary mathematicians did not consider his book to be a mathematical work. Fontenelle’s main desire in line with early-Enlightenment ideals was to make science accessible to the layman. His work laid the foundations for such discussion by taking a philosophical approach to the calculus of infinity writing in a novelistic style. For infinity Fontenelle studied the curvatures of the plane curves using the sines of angles of contingence although in practice Fontenelle’s theories contained many paradoxes. The result was that Fontenelle’s work was increased and expanded on by his supporters famously by the Jesuit mathematician Louis-Betrand Castel. In addition Fontenelle’s work was the basis on Fontaine’s 1731 work on the curvature of plane curves which presented new formulas on infinity and was a highly praised work in the Paris Academy. OCLC locates several institutional copies in the US additionally held in microform. Fontenelle’s is a classic and fundamental textbook work on geometry from the French Enlightenment-era still containing valuable points. De L’Imprimerie Royale hardcover books‎

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‎FONTENELLE Bernard Le Bovier 1657 1757.‎

‎Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead In Three Parts. I Dialogues of the Antients. II. The Atients with the Moderns. III. The Moderns. Translated from the French. With a Reply to Some Remarks in a Critique call'd The Judgment of Pluto &c. And Two Original Dialogues.‎

‎London:: Jacob Tonson 1708. 1708. Sm. 8vo. ii l 2 209 1 pp. Original blind- and gilt-stamped calf later gilt-stamped black leather spine label raised bands; rebacked preserving original spine inner joints reinforced with brown cloth tape covers splitting at pp. 62-63 upper cover scratched. Embossed ownership stamps of S. G. Morten heraldic bearing: crowned eagle wings raised. Good. Early edition in English of the author's Nouveaux dialogues des morts. Fontenelle was one of the earliest authors of "popular science" texts. While not much of a researcher himself he found great success expounding the discoveries of his contemporaries in such a way that a broad audience could make sense of them. In his own time his popularity as an author among educated French society was second only to Voltaire and he was in fact "described by Voltaire as having the most universal mind produced by the era of Louis XIV" – Britannica. Fontenelle's Dialogues of the Dead was very popular at the time of its publication and the basic conceit of the book is still employed by authors today. In the work Fontenelle imagines dialogues between great minds of various eras such as the philosophers Socrates and Montaigne or the physicians Erasistratus and William Harvey. This allows the imagined speakers to present their views in a naturalistic way making them much more palatable to lay readers who might have difficulty sloughing through more scholarly works like On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals. ESTC T139460. Jacob Tonson, 1708. hardcover books‎

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‎Fontenelle Bernard Le Bovier De‎

‎Entretiens sur aa pluralité des mondes; digression sur les anciens et les Modernes‎

‎Oxford: Clarendon Press 1955. Edited by Robert Shackleton. 218p. original blue cloth. Clarendon Press unknown books‎

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‎FONTENELLE Bernard le Bovier de 1657 1757 MARSAK Leonard Mendes.‎

‎Bernard de Fontenelle: The Idea of Science in the French Enlightenment.‎

‎Philadelphia:: American Philosophical Society 1959. 1959. Series: Transactions of the APS New Series Vol. 49 Part 7 1959. 4to. 64 2 pp. Printed wrappers; bottom corner slightly bumped else near fine. American Philosophical Society, 1959. unknown books‎

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‎FONTENELLE Bernard Le Bovier.‎

‎Elements de la Geometrie de l'Infini. Suite des memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences.‎

‎Paris:: L'Imprimerie Royale 1727. 1727. 4to. xxvi 548 pp. Title-page vignette tailpieces headpieces 1 engraved chapter vignette 1 engraved initial 1 engraved folding plate; occasional light foxing or browning. Full contemporary mottled calf blind-ruled covers raised bands red and brown leather spine labels gilt decorated spine all edges red marbled end-papers; leather separation at top of spine all edges red marbled end-papers; leather separation at top of spine hint of worming but strong lightly rubbed. A very clean and tight copy. Fine. FIRST EDITION of an extensive treatise on the principles of calculus by Bernard Fontenelle the distinguished French philosopher and scientist who is famous for his book on the plurality of worlds. Through his friend Varignon Fontenelle made the acquaintance of the Parisian scientific circle and became friends with Nicolas de Malezieu and l'Hopital. Fontenelle wrote the preface to l'Hopital's Analyse des infiniment petits pour l'intelligence des lignes courbes 11690. "In it he displayed his interest in the notion of infinity and his talent as a historian; in a few pages he retraces the history of the mathematical study of curved lines from Archimedes to Newton and Leibniz. . . In 1727 he published his Elements de la geometrie de l'infini which he had worked on for a long time probably since the period of his preface to the Analyse des infiniment petits. . . . According to Fontenelle none of the geometers who had invented or employed the calculus of infinity had given a general theory to it; that is what he proposed to do. The work is divided into a preface relating to the history of this branch of calculus and into two main part. . . 'the infinite series or in progression of numbers' and then examines 'the infinite in straight and curved lines. . . .'" DSB. / Bernard Fontenelle was born at Rouen and pursued a literary career. Fontenelle dabbled in poetry and writing for the stage but it is better known for his work as secretary to the Academy of Sciences. Among his published works are Entretiens sur la pluralite des mondes 1686 the Histoire du renouvellement de l'Academie des Sciences 1708-1722 and a number of eloges of the members. DSB V pp. 57-63; Poggendorf I col. 770; Zeitlinger 1360. L'Imprimerie Royale, 1727. hardcover books‎

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‎Fontenelle preface‎

‎Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris Epitomized. With the Lives of the Late Members of that Society‎

‎London: William and John Innys 1721. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary marbled paper over boards handsomely rebacked with blindstamped ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands; 8vo; pp. 16 xxxv 1 464 4 ads. Boards lightly rubbed. A little very faint foxing to first and last few leaves. A lovely copy. <br/><br/> William and John Innys hardcover books‎

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‎Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de und Hans-Günter Funke:‎

‎Histoire des Ajaoiens : kritische Textedition mit e. Dokumentation zur Entstehungs-, Gattungs- u. Rezeptionsgeschichte d. Werkes. Fontenelle. Von Hans-Günter Funke / Funke, Hans-Günter: Studien zur Reiseutopie der Frühaufklärung ; Teil 2; Reihe Siegen / Editionen ; Bd. 3 : Romanist.‎

‎Gutes Ex.; Umschlag mit Läsur / eingerissen. - Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (* 11. Februar 1657 in Rouen; † 9. Januar 1757 in Paris) war ein einflussreicher und vielseitiger französischer Schriftsteller und Aufklärer. Fontenelle (wie er in der Literaturgeschichte ausschließlich genannt wird) zählt neben Pierre Bayle zu den bedeutendsten französischen Frühaufklärern. ... (wiki) // INHALT : Vorbemerkungen. - Abkürzungsverzeichnis. - Einfuhrung. - Abb.: Titelseite der Erstausgabe "Geneve [= Amsterdam] 1768" der "Histoire des Ajaoiens". - Abb.: Seite [1] der Erstausgabe "Geneve [= Amsterdam] 1768" der "Histoire des Ajaoiens". - Avertissement Qu'il faut lire. - Table des Articles, Contenus dans cet Ouvrage. Histoire des Ajaoiens. - Verzeichnis der Texte und Abbildungen der Dokumentation zur Entstehungs-, Gattungs- und Rezeptionsgeschichte der "Histoire des Ajaoiens". - Dokumentation. - Bibliographie. - Register. // Die "Histoire des Ajaoiens" ist um 1682 als ein Werk des jungen Fontenelle entstanden. Ihre Zugehörigkeit zur Gattung der als authentischer Reisebericht ausgegebenen Reiseutopie und die Bezüge ihrer Rahmenhandlung auf aktuelle Ereignisse des vorangegangenen Jahrzehnts lassen erkennen, daß dieses Werk für das zeitgenössische Publikum bestimmt war. Doch Fontenelle hat seine Utopie nicht veröffentlicht, sie erschien erst im Jahre 1768 mit dem veränderten Titel: "La Republique des philosophes ou Histoire des Ajaoiens". Das Manuskript von der Hand Fontenelles wurde 1898 bei einer Bibliotheksversteigerung verkauft und ist seither verschollen. Fehler und Unstimmigkeiten im Text der Ausgabe von 1768 zeigen, daß Fontenelle keine abschließend bearbeitete Textfassung hinterlassen hat. … (Vorwort) ISBN 9783533031796353‎