Historical & Literary Memoirs and anecdotes, Selected from the Correspondence of Baron De Grimm and Diderot with the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Between the Years 1770 and 1790. Translated from the French. In Two Volumes.

Grimm, Friedrich Melchior.

Published by Henry Colburn., London, 1814

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Octavo; two volumes, complete. Frontispiece, xx,522; v,[i],496. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, the spines rubbed buit with two lettering pieces each and gilt in compartments. Sl cracking upper joint vol one but the board is well attached and the binding firm. Sl spotting to preliminary leaves. Overall a Good set. With the bookplate of Percy Ricardo. ***Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (26 December 1723 19 December 1807[1]) was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers.[2] In 1765 Grimm wrote Poème lyrique, an influential article for the Encyclopédie on lyric and opera librettos. Like Christoph Willibald Gluck Grimm became interested in opera reform. According to Martin Fontius, a German literary theorist, "sooner or later a book entitled The Aesthetic Ideas of Grimm will have to be written." (Wiki). Seller Inventory # 25250

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Title: Historical & Literary Memoirs and anecdotes,...

Publisher: Henry Colburn., London

Publication Date: 1814

Binding: Half Leather

Condition: Good

Edition: First