Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 69

Unsold
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
[DIDEROT, DENIS.] Le Père de Famille, Comédie . . . avec un Discours sur la Poésie. xxix [i. e., xxiv], 220; xii, 195 pages; lacks the final blank * GOLDONI, CARLO. Le Père de Famille, Comédie . . . Traduite de l'Italien en François, par M. ******** [i. e., Alexandre Deleyre]. [14] (of [16]), 216 pages; lacks half-title or initial blank. bound with his: Le Véritable Ami, Comédie . . . Traduite de l'Italien en François par M. l'Abbé ** [i. e., François Véron de Forbonnais]. [8], 165 pages. Together, 3 volumes in 2. 8vo, 189x123 mm, contemporary uniform mottled calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, covers slightly warped, light wear along edges, short crack in Volume 2 front joint; contents clean. Amsterdam, 1758; Avignon & Liège: "Étienne Bleichnarr," 1758; 1758

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first edition of the first work, first editions in french of the others. Deleyre published his translation to show that Diderot had not plagiarized Goldoni. Adams PF1; Tchemerzine (1977) II, 942.