Tchemerzine-Scheler, III, 832.<\/i><\/p>\n
Second, partly original edition, of the first published work by Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette (1634-1693). The copy of the author of the <\/span>Maximes<\/span><\/i>, Fran\u00e7ois VI de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), duc de La Rochefoucauld et de la Roche-Guyon.<\/span><\/p>\n A immense publishing success, the Princesse de Monpensier<\/i> is considered a masterpiece in a new literary genre. First published in 1662, this work marks the beginning of the historical novel.<\/p>\n “The publisher warned the reader that any resemblance to living characters was purely coincidental, that it was a question of ‘adventures invented for pleasure'” (see Lafont-Bompiani).<\/p>\n Despite this indication, all the characters in this novel are indeed drawn from reality: the Princesse de Monpensier in fact portrays the life of Henriette of England. The young writer drew on Enrico Davila’s Histoire des guerres civiles de France<\/i> and Fran\u00e7ois de M\u00e9zeray’s Histoire de la France depuis Pharamond jusqu’au r\u00e8gne de Louis le Juste<\/i>.<\/p>\n An exceptional copy bearing the arms of the author of the Maximes<\/i>, Fran\u00e7ois VI de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), Duke of La Rochefoucauld and La Roche-Guyon. This provenance is extremely important given the close relationship between the two writers.<\/p>\n “En 1680 mourut La Rochefoucauld. Si les relations de celui-ci avec Mme de La Fayette restent entour\u00e9es d’un r\u00e9el myst\u00e8re (prot\u00e9g\u00e9, semble-t-il, par une tacite entente de leurs amis), nous avons pourtant \u00e0 ce sujet un mot r\u00e9v\u00e9lateur de Mme de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 : “Je crois que nulle passion ne peut surpasser la force d’une telle liaison.” Au point de vue litt\u00e9raire et spirituel, ils s’influenc\u00e8rent r\u00e9ciproquement, car si la concision de La Princesse de Cl\u00e8ves doit certainement beaucoup au duc, Mme de La Fayette adoucit heureusement l’\u00e9tat d’esprit jans\u00e9niste que son amiti\u00e9 avec Mme de Sabl\u00e9 avait confirm\u00e9 chez La Rochefoucauld. Peut-\u00eatre m\u00eame le persuada-t-elle d’att\u00e9nuer plusieurs maximes par trop rigoureuses, et l’on cite souvent d’elle cette parole : “M. de La Rochefoucauld m’a donn\u00e9 de l’esprit, mais j’ai r\u00e9form\u00e9 son c\u0153ur” (Michel Mourre, La R\u00e9publique des Lettres).<\/p>\n Very fine copy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12mo (144 x 81 mm) 4 nn.ll., 143 pp. Contemporary speckled calf, blind rule on covers, central coat of arms of Fran\u00e7ois VI de La Rochefoucauld, spine gilt with raised bands, red speckled edges, later morocco slipcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":78229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[544],"product_tag":[1244,1267,1235],"class_list":{"0":"post-78234","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-literature","7":"product_tag-17th-century-literature","8":"product_tag-binding","9":"product_tag-women","10":"pa_auteur-la-fayette-marie-madeleine-de-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"outofstock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Marie-Madeleine de LA FAYETTE","chapeau":"Bound for the author of the 'Maximes'\r\nFran\u00e7ois de La Rochefoucauld","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Charles Osmont, 1674","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n