Questions de Littérature Légale. Du Plagiat. De La Supposition D'Auteurs, Des Supercheries qui ont Rapport aux Livres
by [NODIER, CHARLES]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Boards darkened; some light foxing; very good copy.
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About This Item
Paris: Barba, Libraire, 1812, 1812. First edition. Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictivia, 1639. Boards darkened; some light foxing; very good copy.. 8vo, later tan boards, red leather label, gilt rules and lettering. Half-title present. A scarce study of literary forgery by French author, antiquary and bibliophile Charles Nodier (1780-1844), who was also apparently well versed in the subject: "The French C19 saw Charles Nodier, whose Questions de Littérature Légale . . . is a minor classic of forgery criticism, repeatedly poise on the borderlines of fiction and fraud - another gamekeeper turned poacher." - Freeman, page 62. ¶ Contemporary signature on the title-page of Greek scholar and publisher Jean-François Boissonade (1774-1857).
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- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26428
- Title
- Questions de Littérature Légale. Du Plagiat. De La Supposition D'Auteurs, Des Supercheries qui ont Rapport aux Livres
- Author
- [NODIER, CHARLES]
- Format/Binding
- Freeman, Bibliotheca Fictivia, 1639
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards darkened; some light foxing; very good copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Barba, Libraire, 1812
- Date Published
- 1812
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