Author: J. F. La Harpe
Title: Lycee, Ou Cours de Litterature Ancienne Et Moderne.
Description: Paris, Garnery, 1822-1824. Leather. An elegantly bound eighteen volume edition of Harpe's famous essays, Cours de Litterature. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-endpaper. Complete in Eighteen Volumes. Bound as Nine Volumes. Jean-Francois de La Harpe, 1739 Â 1803, was a French playwright, writer and critic. In 1786, he began delivering a course of literature at the newly-established Lycee. In these lectures, published as the Cours de litterature ancienne et moderne, La Harpe is considered to have been at his best, finding a standpoint more or less independent of contemporary polemics. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration. Externally, very smart with some wear to the extremities, particularly to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with just some marginal age toning and occasional spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Jean-Francois de la Harpe LIterary Criticism LIterature Essays LIterary Criticism None
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Title: Lycee, Ou Cours de Litterature Ancienne Et Moderne.
Description: Paris, Garnery, 1822-1824. Leather. An elegantly bound eighteen volume edition of Harpe's famous essays, Cours de Litterature. Direct from the library at Newton Hall, the 18th century country house and estate in Northumberland, with a pencil shelfmark to the front free-endpaper. Complete in Eighteen Volumes. Bound as Nine Volumes. Jean-Francois de La Harpe, 1739 Â 1803, was a French playwright, writer and critic. In 1786, he began delivering a course of literature at the newly-established Lycee. In these lectures, published as the Cours de litterature ancienne et moderne, La Harpe is considered to have been at his best, finding a standpoint more or less independent of contemporary polemics. Bound in half leather and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and decoration. Externally, very smart with some wear to the extremities, particularly to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with just some marginal age toning and occasional spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Jean-Francois de la Harpe LIterary Criticism LIterature Essays LIterary Criticism None
Price: GBP 345.00 = appr. US$ 492.65 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: FGN10-C-1
- Book number: FGN10-C-1
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