Oeuvres completes de Stendhal [64 volumes in 34 - incomplete series - with 6 additional works of criticism]

Stendhal (1783-1842)

1927, 1st Edition in this form. Paris : Le Divan, 1927-37. Finely bound in later burgundy buckram, with contrasting gilt-blocked black labels to spines. Each volume is in a protective clear plastic cover. Limitation statement facing title page of each volume - limitation number varies. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Unread copies with unopened pages. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description: 70 vols. in 37. 16cm. Incomplete series of Stendhal's works, published by Divan, 1927-1937. Includes 64 volumes of Stendhal's works (in 34), with 6 additional critical works (in 3). Contents: [I] La Chartreuse de Parme. 2 v. - [III] Le rouge et le noir. 2 v. - [IV] Vie de Henri Brulard. 2 v. - [V] Armance. - [VI] Rome, Naples et Florence. 3 v. - [VII] Souvenirs d' egotisme. - [IX] Lamiel. - [X] Vies de Haydn, de Mozart et de Metastase. - [XI] Romans et nouvelles. 2 v. - [XII] Vie de Rossini. 2 v. - [XIII] Lucien Leuwen. 3 v.- [XIV] Histoire de la peinture en Italie. 2 v. - [XVI] Memoires d'un touriste. 3 v. - [XVII] Voyage dans le Midi de l aFrance. [XIX] Moliere, Shakspeare, la comedie et le rire. - [XXI] Pensees. 2 v. - [XXII] Idees italiennes. - [XXIII] Theatre. 3 v. - [XXIV] Melanges d' art. - [XXV] Ecoles italiennes de peinture. 3 v. - [XXVII] Melanges de litterature. 3 v. - [XXVIII] Melanges de politique et d'histoire. 2 v. - [XXVIX] Correspondance. 10 v.-[XXX] Courrier anglais. 5 v. - [XXXI] Melanges intimes et marginalia. 2 v. - [XXXII] Journal. 5 v. Lacks 15 volumes: - [II] De l'amour. 2 v. - [VIII] Racine et Shakspeare. - [XV] Chroniques italiennes. 2 v. - [XVIII] Napoleon. 2 v. - [XX] - Promenades dans Rome. 3 v. - [XXVI] Pages d'Italie. - [XXXIII] Table. 4 v. Note: Volume numbers assigned according to Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Additional critical works: Petit dictionnaire stendhalien / Henri Martineau [1948] - Le calendrier de Stendhal / Henri Martineau avec la collaboration de Jules Lefranc et de Marion Lievre [1950] - La vie intellectuelle de Stendhal : genese et evolution de ses idees (1802-1821) / par Victor del Litto [2nd ed. 1962] - En marge des manuscrits de Stendhal : complements et fragments inedits (1803-1820) / suivis en appendice d'un courrier italien par V. del Litto [1955] - Le coeur de Stendhal : histoire de sa vie et de ses sentiments / Henri Martineau [2 vols., 1952 & 1953] - L' oeuvre de Stendhal : histoire de ses livres et de ses pensees / par Henri Martineau [revised edition, 1966]. Subjects: Stendhal, 1783-1842 - Marie-Henri Beyle - French literature - 19th century - Collected works - Fiction - Realism - France - Correspondance - Travel literature - Literary criticism - Studies and criticism - Biography. Language: French. Item #201018

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