Méry

rif. 60660 — . Contemporary quarter sheepskin and marbled boards a little wear to the edges of the spine scattered foxing the odd marginal tear without loss a few leaves faintly browned else a very good copy. From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia : Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy 1796 – 23 August 1867 born at Marseilles was a French satirical poet. His name can hardly be separated from that of his friend and compatriot Joseph Méry 1798–1866 with whom he carried on so intimate a collaboration that it is not possible to distinguish their personalities in their joint works. Jean-Pons-Guillaume Viennet 18 November 1777 Béziers - 10 July 1868 Le Val-Saint-Germain was a French politician playwright and poet. He was also a member of the Académie française and a prominent Freemason. His long career as a soldier then a politician playwright and poet lasted through political revolutions and literary wars and is full of incident and travels. He had a talent for self-promotion within many regimes and got to know all political and literary dignitaries all the while verging on unpopularity - he said "I have counted up to 500 epigrams a year against me; anyone who escapes college to join a soap-opera thinks I should have his first kick". His name was like a red rag to a bull to Republicans and Romantics but he avenged himself on his worst enemies by fables or epithets against them. hardcover