Author: Sainte-Beuve, C. A
Title: Monday-Chats, Selected and Translated from the "Causeries Du Lundi," with an Introductory Essay on the Life and Writings of Sainte-Beuve, by William Matthews, LL. D
Description: Chicago: S, C, Griggs and Company, 1877. 1877. Chicago: S, C, Griggs and Company, 1877. 1877. Very good. - Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & spine with frames in black stamped on both covers. The covers are bumped & lightly rubbed with a white stain & some tiny white marks to the front cover. There are some tiny stains near the head of the spine & the head & tail are lightly chipped. lxxxvi & 298 pages plus 10-page publisher's catalog. There is an owner's name & address on the front endpaper & there is some light staining to the rear endpaper & the facing rear blank. Very good.

First edition in English.

The book includes Saint-Beuve's literary portraits of Louis the Fourteenth, Fenelon, Bossuet, Massillon, Pascal, Rousseau, Madame Geoffrin, Joubert, Guizot, the Abbe Galliani and Frederic the Great. Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; FRENCH; AUTHOR; C. A. SAINTE-BEUVE; MONDAY-CHATS; CAUSERIES DU LUNDI; WILLIAM MATTHEWS; TRANSLATOR; LITERARY PORTRAITS; LOUIS THE FOURTEENTH; FENELON; BOSSUET; MASSILLON; PASCAL; ROUSSEAU; MADAME GEOFFRIN; JOUBERT; GUIZOT; ABBE GALLIANI; FREDE

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