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Lot n° 220
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[ROBESPIERRE (Maximilien)]. In Praise of Gresset. Discours q - Lot 220
[ROBESPIERRE (Maximilien)]. In Praise of Gresset. Discours qui a concouru pour le prix proposé par l'Académie d'Amiens, en l'année 1785. London, Et se trouve à Paris, Chez Royez et les Marchands de nouveautés, 1786. In-8, 48 pages, paperback, green paper cover, tan morocco spine folder and slipcase by Devauchelle.
First edition.
The Académie d'Amiens did not consider Robespierre's eulogy worthy of a prize.
A paperback copy, as issued; it has been interleaved with blank pages by a member of the Académie d'Amiens, M. de Cayrol, who has compared the variants of Robespierre's autograph manuscript preserved in the archives of the Académie d'Amiens with the printed version.
A long note by M. de Cayrol, dated November 8, 1832, covers the first blank page: [...] thanks to the bloody triangle of steel, one of Robespierre's writings is today a true literary rarity which it is impossible to pass over in silence, especially when one has the ability to compare the printed work with the author's autograph manuscript. I therefore thought I was doing my friend Beuchot a kindness by doubling the number of pages in the brochure he kindly entrusted to me [...].
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