SAINT-RÉAL (César Vichard de). OEuvres de Mr l'abbé de Saint - Lot 67

SAINT-RÉAL (César Vichard de). OEuvres de Mr l'abbé de Saint-Réal. Amsterdam, l'Honoré, 1740. 6 vol. in-12, lemon morocco, ornate smooth spines, gilt roulette framing the boards, on the spines and inside, gilt edges (period binding). Illustrated with 6 frontispieces, 6 vignettes on the titles, 8 hors-texte figures including 1 portrait, and numerous culs-de-lampe (Cohen 934.) César Vichard de Saint-Réal, a 17th-century Savoyard man of letters, was interested in all forms of historical writing of his time. His approach to history was more concerned with people's behavior than with facts and dates. He also wrote a number of religious works, mainly for high society. His Life of Jesus Christ offers a condensed version of the four Gospels. The work contains: Volume I: De l'usage de l'histoire. - Volume II: Réflexions sur divers Romains illustres, savoir, Sur le meurtre de César. On Lepidus. On Mark Antony. On Augustus. On Livia. On Julie. On Roman female infidelity. On Roman spectacles. - Volume III: Clarification of Zacchaeus' speech to Jesus Christ. - Volume IV: Treatises on theology and piety. - Volume V: Letters from Cicero to Atticus. With remarks translated into French by the Abbé de Saint-Réal. - Volume VI: Discours de Xénophon sur la manière d'augmenter les revenus d'Athènes. Translated from Greek. With remarks. A very fine copy in lemon morocco. Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS