Jean Pierre Niceron / Memoirs Of Illustrious Men 17 Vol Briasson Rare 1727-1745

Description: NICERON (Jean-Pierre) 1685-1738 Jean-Pierre Niceron, born in Paris on Mars 11, 1685, and died on July 8, 1738, is a French writer and compiler.BiographyAfter successfully completing his studies at Mazarin College, he entered the congregation of the Barnabites in August 1702, where he had an uncle who took charge of directing him in this new state. For several years he taught rhetoric and the humanities in different colleges, and at the same time applied himself to the study of modern languages.Recalled to Paris in 1716, he abandoned teaching to devote himself entirely to the execution of the project he had conceived, namely to publish the Lives of Scholars since the renaissance of letters. This immense undertaking occupied him for the rest of his life, which was shortened by excessive work.He was only 53 years old when he died on July 8, 1738.Memoirs to serve in the history of illustrious menFather Niceron's work is entitled Memoirs to serve the history of illustrious men, of the republic of letters, with a catalog raisonné of their works, Paris, 1727-1745, 43 vols. in-12. The 10th volume, divided into 2 parts which are linked separately, and the 20th contain corrections and additions for the Lives already published, and the last volumes (starting with the 31st) each contain the general alphabetical table of all the articles contained in the previous volumes, a table all the more necessary as the author has not been subject to any kind of order.He has rightly been criticized for having given his voluminous compilation an inaccurate title, since most of the writers who found space in it are nothing less than illustrious men.He also did not know how to maintain the proportion between his notices, the extent of which is often in inverse proportion to their true importance. But, despite these faults, we must agree that Niceron's work is one of the most useful that has been published in France on literary history.Niceron drew his materials from the own works of each author or from the most esteemed biographies of Germany and Italy. He cites at the end of each article the sources from which he drew, which facilitates verification, and he took care to give the catalog of all the productions of an author, indicating the different editions and the translations with exactness. meticulous.But the plan he adopted was too vast: the 43 volumes of his Memoirs do not contain sixteen hundred articles. He died during the printing of the 39th. Father Oudin, J.-B. Michault and Abbot Claude-Pierre Goujet published the last four volumes, in which they inserted several interesting notices. Father Rives had the project of having Niceron's Memoirs reprinted in a better order, with his own corrections and those of Father Sepher. -Memoirs to serve in the history of illustrious men in the Republic of Letters with a Catalog raisonné of their works.From the flight. 30: ... “by RP Niceron Barnabite”; from the flight. 40: ... “by the late RP Niceron, Barnabite”. On the frontispiece, under the title, vignette representing science seated in a cabinet, surrounded by its attributes, under the motto “To Science”. In Paris, at Briasson, bookseller, rue Saint-Jacques, “A la Science”. From the Gissey Printing Company. -MEMORIES TO SERVE THE HISTORY OF ILLUSTRATED MEN (1727-1745)This beautiful and rare set sold here contains the following volumes:II & III (1727) - V & VI (1728) - VII (1729) - X (1730) - XIV (1731) - XV & XVIII (1732) - XXI - XXII & XXIV (1733)XXVI - XXVII & XXIX (1734) - XXXI (1735) - XXXIV (1736) Either 17 volumes (around 400pp. each) of the 43 published in total Period binding, speckled brown leather, spine with 5 decorated and gilded raised bands, decorated smooth, 2 title labels and volume number in red and brown leather, titling, fleurons and golden fillets, three red slices (Good working copy, acceptable used condition, correct assembly, fairly clean, various defects usual for old works: marks, wear and tear or various usual frictions on edges, jaws, flats, caps, slots on jaws, various leather losses, on caps, corners, edges, etc., corners sometimes blunted or stripped, various leather gaps on the surface, sometimes significant, upper corner of the first cover very damaged for volume 24, with missingbody of work holding together perfectly)see visuals... Good copy, overall correct internally,with freckles, halos, or inevitable light interior spots, leaves sometimes yellowed or browned,without excess however, the whole remaining completely readable -Very Rare setSold in described condition as found We join an isolated volume:T.IV of the works of Nicolas Boileauat Mortier, Amsterdam, 1717In-12 in period binding As always, combined shipping costs when purchasing multiple books... We join an isolated volume:T.IV of the works of Nicolas Boileauat Mortier, Amsterdam, 1717In-12 in period binding The 10th volume, divided into 2 parts which are linked separately, and the 20th contain corrections and additions for the Lives already published, and the last volumes (starting with the 31st) each contain the general alphabetical table of all the articles contained in the previous volumes, a table all the more necessary as the author has not been subject to any kind of order. Niceron drew his materials from the own works of each author or from the most esteemed biographies of Germany and Italy. He cites at the end of each article the sources from which he drew, which facilitates verification, and he took care to give the catalog of all the productions of an author, indicating the different editions and the translations with exactness. meticulous. (Good working copy, acceptable used condit

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