Maximes et réflexions morales du duc de La Rochefoucauld

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1222
1. Bibliographic data
Author
La Rochefoucauld, François de, duc de, 1613-1680
Title
Maximes et réflexions morales du duc de La Rochefoucauld
Statement of responsibility
Du duc de La Rochefoucauld
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Firmin Didot, libraire
Collection
Not identified
Printer
De l’Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l’aîné et de Firmin Didot
Date
1802
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: de l’Imprimerie et de la Fonderie Stéréotypes de Pierre Didot l’aîné et de Firmin Didot, 1802
Language
French
Print run
Stereotype edition following the Firmin Didot process; also announced on fine Angoulême paper, papier-vélin and grand papier-vélin
2. Physical description
Collation
Approximately 509 pages; final table of contents
Illustrations
No illustrations; typographic vignette on title page
Format
16 cm; in-18
Dimensions
13.2 × 9 cm
Paper type
Fine laid paper from the early nineteenth century; stereotype printing of Didot typographic quality
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Transitional French typography; clean and homogeneous printing
3. Binding
Binding type
Full mottled leather binding
Colours
Hazel-brown mottled leather; marbled endpapers in black, red and yellow
Decoration
Mottled covers; stained edges; sober period structure
Spine
Smooth spine without visible decoration in the supplied images
4. Content
Content description
Stereotype edition of the celebrated moral maxims of François de La Rochefoucauld, accompanied by a notice biographique sur le caractère et les écrits de l’auteur and an extensive thematic table des matières. Fundamental work of classical French morality and European aphoristic literature
5. General notes
Note 1
Early edition produced using Firmin Didot’s stereotype process
Note 2
Includes introductory notice on the life and writings of the author
Note 3
Preserves analytical table of subjects at the end of the volume
Note 4
Period full mottled leather binding
Note 5
Old manuscript ownership inscription on the front flyleaf: “Juan Maria Torrens Barner, 1888”.
6. Subjects
Main subject
French moral literature
Subtopics
Aphorisms; classical French morality; seventeenth-century French thought; moral philosophy; French literature; maxims and reflections
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
1222
Condition
Good; worn binding with rubbing and abrasions; scattered foxing and old stains; stable paper
Provenance
Biblioteca de Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Preserves the old binding and manuscript ownership inscription dated 1888