- BINDING WITH ARMS. PALISSOT DE MONTENOY. Les Philosophes, comedy in three acts, in verse. Paris, Duchesne, 1760. (4)-91 pp. Catalog des Théâtres nouveaux ou nouvellement réimpriés en 1760. Paris, Duchesne, 1760. 4 pp. Bound with: [COYER (Gabriel-François)]. Discours sur la satyre [sic] contre les Philosophes, Représentée par une Troupe qu'un Poëte Philosophe fait vivre, & approuvé par un Académicien qui a des Philosophes pour Collègues. Athènes (Paris), Chez le Libraire anti-Philosophe,1760; 91 pp. including the title. Together one vol. in 12, fawn calf, spine decorated, arms stamped in the center of the boards, red edges. Binding of the period. First edition of this play by Palissot, created at the Théâtre Français on May 2, 1760 and which was at the origin of an important polemic which saw the "philosophers" and the "anti-philosophers" confront each other, among whom the encyclopedists condemned Palissot to the gémonies because he was reproached for his bias against new ideas. Even Voltaire, who was linked to Palissot, dipped his pen in vitriol to destroy his protégé. Copy with the coat of arms of Paul-Esprit FEYDEAU, lord of Brou, 1683-1767, Royal Finance Counselor from 1744 then Keeper of the Seals in 1762.
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- BINDING WITH ARMS. PALISSOT DE MONTENOY. Les Philosophes, comedy in three acts, in verse. Paris, Duchesne, 1760. (4)-91 pp. Catalog des Théâtres nouveaux ou nouvellement réimpriés en 1760. Paris, Duchesne, 1760. 4 pp. Bound with: [COYER (Gabriel-François)]. Discours sur la satyre [sic] contre les Philosophes, Représentée par une Troupe qu'un Poëte Philosophe fait vivre, & approuvé par un Académicien qui a des Philosophes pour Collègues. Athènes (Paris), Chez le Libraire anti-Philosophe,1760; 91 pp. including the title. Together one vol. in 12, fawn calf, spine decorated, arms stamped in the center of the boards, red edges. Binding of the period. First edition of this play by Palissot, created at the Théâtre Français on May 2, 1760 and which was at the origin of an important polemic which saw the "philosophers" and the "anti-philosophers" confront each other, among whom the encyclopedists condemned Palissot to the gémonies because he was reproached for his bias against new ideas. Even Voltaire, who was linked to Palissot, dipped his pen in vitriol to destroy his protégé. Copy with the coat of arms of Paul-Esprit FEYDEAU, lord of Brou, 1683-1767, Royal Finance Counselor from 1744 then Keeper of the Seals in 1762.