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Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778 writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00

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Dominique-François Rivard 1697-1778

Rivard studied in Paris and obtained a chair of philosophy at the college of Beauvais, which he left in 1749. He is the author of numerous educational manuals in mathematics and ancient languages, including Institutiones philosophicæ,
Size 8 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00

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Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux 1688-1763

Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux, commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist. He is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, writing numerous comedies for the Comédie-Française and the Comédie-Italienne of Paris.
Artist: Miger
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Size 19 x 27 cms
Price £28.00

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Martin Luther 1483-1546

Martin Luther OSA was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507.
Artist: Schuler
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Size 10 x 15 cms
Price £28.00

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Marie-Joseph “Eugène” Sue 1804-1857

Marie-Joseph “Eugène” Sue was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated The Mysteries of Paris, which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843
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Size 16 x 24 cms
Price £28.00

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Johann Gottlieb Fichte 1762-1814

German philosopher who became a founding figure of the philosophical movement known as German idealism, which developed from the theoretical and ethical writings of Immanuel Kant
Artist: Bury
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Size 12.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £28.00

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Antoine Houdar de la Motte 1672-1731

French author. De la Motte was born and died in Paris. In 1693 his comedy, Les Originaux, was a complete failure, and so depressed the author that he contemplated joining the Trappistse
Artist: de Delpech
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Size 12 x 18 cms
Price £28.00

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Roger de Rabutin comte de Bussy 1618-1693

Commonly known as Bussy-Rabutin, was a French memoirist. He was the cousin and frequent correspondent of Madame de Sévigné.
Born at Epiry, near Autun, he represented a family of distinction in Burgundy, and his father, Léonor de Rabutin, was lieutenant general of the province of Nivernais.
Artist: Syfang
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Size 9 x 13.5 cms
Price £14.00

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