Fougeret De Monbron, Louis-Charles La Henriade Travestie En Versburlesques. Honi Soit qui mal y pense. A Berlin (Paris) Aux De’pense Du Public, 1751 (MDCCLI). 9 x 16 cm, 151 pages. Decorated title page. Full Calf and marbled end papers. Marbled edges. Good condition. Calf boards rubbed and worn. Corners and spine bumped and worn. Outer joints started to crack, but still holding. Spine worn with some loss. Spine paper label partially missing. Front hinge broken. Label ‘De La Bibliotheque – 1785’ glued to front pastedown. Marbled end papers and edges faded. Pages age darkened. Some browning and foxing to some pages. Foreword page (Avant-Propos) torn and repaired with a piece of paper stuck on. Despite the wear, this is still a nice little book to hold.

Louis-Charles Fougeret of Monbron (1706 to 1760) was a French author. A great traveler, Monbron he wrote ‘The Cosmopolitan or the Citizen of the World’ (1750): “The universe is a sort of book, of which only the first page has been read when one has only seen his country.”

Monbron also wrote ‘La Henriade Travestie’ (A Berlin [Paris], first edition 1745), probably the most widely circulated burlesque work of the Enlightenment, where he indulged in a parody almost by verse of the original ‘La Henriade’, an epic poem written by the French Enlightenment writer and philosopher Voltaire in 1723.
In the preface Monbron expresses his hope that ‘Mr. Voltaire will not be angry with him for his burlesque version of the poem. He did not intend to hurt him personally or his reputation.

• Keywords: Classical & Old Literature · Fine Bindings & Editions · Literature · Poetry
• Language: French
• Inventory Number: 100258AB

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