SALMON Lieutenant ColonelLivre Rare Book
SABLE, Madeleine de SouvreBiblio.com
Maximes et pensées diverses.
1678ref. 194492Paris: Chez Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy 1678. Wise words from a literary hostess First edition by the "hostess of the salon that perfected the genre of the maxime. A genre she virtually invented" Conley pp. 20 & 33. Probably originating as a literary parlor game the maxime was concerned with social dynamics psychology and intellectual virtues. Many of Sablé's maximes were critiques of aristocratic society. Raised in a diplomatic family Sablé 1599-1678 was known for her manners and moral character and for her incisive discernment of these qualities in others. The writer Madeleine de Scudéry praised her: "No one has ever known so perfectly all the differences about love. I know of no activity as agreeable as listening to her make distinctions between pure love and worldly love" our translation p. 67. Sablé established her celebrated salon around 1640 in the Place Royale. After she moved to the precincts of the Port-Royal convent in the 1650s the salon became associated with the Jansenist movement. The salon predominantly discussed philosophy in particular ethics. "This preoccupation with moral issues explored through epigrammatic analysis provided the conditions for the emergence of the salon's distinctive literary genre: the maxime" Conley p. 30. The most famous attendee was François de La Rochefoucauld whose works Sablé critiqued and edited. This posthumous compilation was edited by the priest Nicolas d'Ailly c.1630-1700. Duodecimo 143 x 78 mm pp. xviii 90 12. Title page vignette head- and tailpieces. Recent calf 5 raised bands spine lettered tooled and ruled in gilt edges speckled red. Contemporary inscriptions to front and rear blanks. Extremities rubbed gutters sporadically reinforced with archival tape light browning to page extremities occasional faint damp stains: in very good condition. John J. Conley The Suspicion of Virtue: Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France 2002; Madeleine de Scudéry Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus VI 1654. hardcover
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