Portraits of the Eighteenth Century: Historic and Literary. 2-vol. set (Complete)

Sainte-Beuve, C. A.; Ruth Mulhauser (Introduction by). Portraits of the Eighteenth Century: Historic and Literary. 2-vol. set (Complete). New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1971. Second printing. Octavo. XVIII, 474, VIII, 478pp. Original grey cloth with black lettering on spines. Frontispiece in each volume. Compilations of essays by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, the renowned literary critic and one of the major figures of French literary history. In his exquisite essays, Sainte-Beuve focuses on some of the 18th-century’s most famous historical and literary figures, such as Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Louis XV, Frederick the Great, Diderot, Rousseau, Marie Antoinette, etc… Spines slightly sunned. Bindings and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (32202) $65