Belisaire par M. Marmontel Vienne Trattnern 1767

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Marmontel, J.F.

Forbidden books 1767 | First edition: Belisaire par M. Marmontel de l’academie Francoise, Vienne J.Th. noble de Trattnern 1767, (x)+340+(8) pp.

Name: Forbidden books 1767 | First edition: Belisaire par M. Marmontel de l'academie Francoise, Vienne J.Th. noble de Trattnern 1767, (x)+340+(8) pp.
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Paper binding, in -8, 17,5 x 11 cm. Text in french.Frontispice by L. Assner and three engravings. Complete copy, printed on laid paper. Rare first edition printed in Vienne (Wenen). On the titlepage a pruple stamp of former owner “G.W.B.D.”, probably Gräflich von Waldbott-Bassenheim’sche Domanialverwaltung.

Belisaire is a banned French novel about the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius by Jean- Francois Marmontel.It popularised the apocryphal tale of his being reduced to beggary by Justinian I despite his great services to the empire, citing it as an example of the ingratitude of those in power towards their faithful servants and indicting the French king Louis XV by proxy as another such ungrateful monarch.

A plea for religious tolerance. Marmontel condemned the violence against the native Americans, indigenous people. This plea was not suited in the time of the French monarchy during the ancien regime, based on intolerance and intimidation. The archbishop of Paris Mgr. Chrisophe de Beaumont banned the work of Marmontel in 1767. Also in The Netherlands there was a vivid dispute, this time on the idea that also non-christians (heidenen) could join in heaven. This is called the “Socratische oorlog”.

Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799) was a French historian, writer and member of the Encyclopedistes movement. In 1772 he became the official historian of France (historiographe de France). He worked with Alembert, Helvétius, d’Holbach, Condillac, Turgot, Buffon, Condorcet and Voltaire.

The book was reprinted in 1787 by the Bibliotheque amusante.

Boekverboden – forbidden books – banned book – omstreden schrijver – tegenstander van Rousseau – pleidooi voor religieuze tolerantie – plea for (religious) tolerance

SKU: BB110235

€ 490,50 (€ 450,00 ex. btw)

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