The Republic of Letters (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) (First Edition)

New Haven: Yale University Press / Margellos World Republic of Letters, 2018. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Red paper-covered boards with gilt spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publisher’s original price intact on jacket flap ($30.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean, unread copy with no faults. Octavo, 382 pages. Brand new, never opened. Translated from the French and with an introduction by Lara Vergnaud. Includes bibliographical references and index. An intellectual history tracing the rise of the République des Lettres, the transnational fellowship of thinkers, writers, and critics whose correspondence and shared ideals shaped European culture from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment. Fumaroli illuminates the ideal of learned discourse as a civilizing force across linguistic, religious, and national boundaries. A member of the Académie Française and longtime professor at the Collège de France, Fumaroli was one of France’s most esteemed cultural historians, known for his work on classical rhetoric, 17th-century literature, and the politics of humanism.…