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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Molière 1622-1673

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and universal literature. His extant works include comedies, farces, tragicomedies, comédie-ballets and more.
Size 7 x 13 cms
Price £14.00

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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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