Morvan de Bellegarde, Jean-Baptiste (1648-1734): Des Herrn Abts von Bellegarde Regeln des bürgerlichen Lebens, nebst einigen Oertern aus der Histoire zur Einrichtung des Verstandes und Mittels eines jungen Printzen. Bound with: Des Herrn Abts von Bellegarde Muster derer Gespräche vor die artigen und…

Morvan de Bellegarde,Jean-Baptiste (1648-1734)

DES HERRN ABTS VON BELLEGARDE REGELN DES
BÜRGERLICHEN LEBENS : NEBST EINIGEN ÖRTERN AUS
DER HISTORIE ZUR EINRICHTUNG DES VERSTANDES
UND WILLENS EINES JUNGEN
Leipzig : bey Joh. Friedrich Gleditsch, 1709

Bound with:DES HERRN ABTS VON BELLEGARDE MUSTER DERER GESPRÄCHE
VOR DIE ARTIGEN UND HÖFLICHEN PERSONEN Leipzig : Bey Jo. Fr. Gleditsch und Sohn,
1710

Description : [in 12mo] – pp. Frontispiece, (12), 536 ; (12) , 516 .GALATEO. RULES OF CIVIL
LIFE. German Edition.

Two works by the same author bound together about the Art of Living
and behave properly for young noblemen and members of royalty (first part) and virtuos
models to speak politely ( the second work). Jean-Baptiste Morvan de Bellegarde (Nantes, 30
August 1648 – 26 April 1734), abbé de Bellegarde, was a French Jesuit who later in his life
joined the monastic order of Francis de Sales. The present copy is a german translation of
Bellegarde´s works originally printed in French language with the respective tittles Les Règles
de la vie civile, avec des traits d’histoire pour former l’esprit d’un jeune prince (1693) and Modèles de
conversations pour les personnes polies (1697). An attractive volume bound in french baroque
style in elaborately decorated full calf, with double fillet framing on both covers, four raised
bands at spine and beautiful early xvii century gilt tooled decorations ‘a fleuron’ and gilt
lettered titles at spine, all edges painted in red, slightly worn. Two separate title pages for
each part, woodcut head and tail pieces and some decorated initials in text, printed in gothic
typeface. Allegoric copper engraved frontispiece at the beginning of first part depicting a
woman seated on a sphere, with a double faced head gazing through a mirror on one side
and facing ,on the other, a couple of intertwined snakes held in her hand. A wormhole
affecting the first ten pages included the engraved frontispiece close to the inner margin,
usual moderate foxing and browning due to age and kind of paper, for the rest a good neat
copy with clean interiors in an attractive eye catching binding. A nice copy in beautiful
French style binding

Cfr: CHANTILLY, Dictionnaire (1980), vol. 10, n.70-71, 115`pp. 1799-180; BIS-C 2000, WebKatalog, Landesbibliothekenverbund Österreich Südtirol, ref. 167227 ; W.J. HIGSON, Sources for the
History of Education, LibraryAssociation (1967), p.41.