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Memoirs of Couplets from 1710 - Rousseau Rare First Edition - Ex-Libris +
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Rare First Edition
Nicolas BOINDIN (1676–1751)
Memoir to Serve as a History of the Couplets of 1710, Falsely Attributed to Monsieur Rousseau
Brussels, Foppens – Eugène-Henry Fricx, 1752.
12mo, posthumous first edition.
Contemporary mottled calf binding.
A rare copy of this memoir devoted to one of the most famous literary affairs of the early 18th century.
Nicolas Boidin defends J. B. Rousseau (1671–1741), claiming that the "couplets" attributed to him, and written against his enemies, were in fact written by them (Saurin, La Motte, Malafer). The "couplets affair" earned Jean-Baptiste Rousseau his perpetual banishment and virtually ended his career.
Complete copy with its original folding plate, which is often missing.
**Provenance:**
Maurice Cohen Library (1825-1883).
Maurice Cohen, a civil engineer, bibliophile, and man of letters (publishing notably under the pseudonym E. Marnicouche), assembled a significant library of approximately 3,000 volumes. A cousin of Marcel Proust through his mother, Merline Weil, sister of Nathé Weil, and the writer's maternal grandfather, his collection was dispersed after his death (Drouot auction, 1884).
This copy bears his printed bookplate with the monogram M.C. and the motto "Haud Immemor" (Forever Immemor).
It also retains an old label numbered 2897 bearing the inscription "Very Rare," an interesting testament to the early recognition of this work's rarity as early as the 19th century.
**Condition:**
* Contemporary binding in mottled calfskin.
* Joints and corners rubbed. Small loss of leather at the top of the spine.
* Title label in tan calfskin, gilt lettering legible.
* Interior clean.
* Folding plate present.
* Sold as is; photographs form an integral part of the description.
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