Author: ARNAUD, CLAUDE
Title: Chamfort - a Biography
Description: Chicago, The University of Chicago Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0226026973). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xxxiii + 340 pages. 6 illustrations. Translated by Deke Dusinberre. Foreword by Joseph Epstein. Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort (1740-1794) whom Nietzsche called 'the wittiest of all moralists', is now known for little more than brilliant aphorisms that captivated a long line of thinkers, from Stendhal to Cioranm Schopenhauer to Camus. In this captivating biography, Chamfort the libertine, playwright, journalist, and revolutionary stands revealed as the most telling emblem of his times. B2D. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Sebastien Roch Nicolas Chamfort, Rousseau, Voltairemirabeau, Talleyrand, French Revolution, Bastille 0226026973


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