Charles-Gabriel Porée - Histoire de Don Ranucio d'Alétés - 1786

Rare illustrated edition of this historical and moral novel typical of the late 18th century, blending chivalrous intrigue, moral reflection, and narrative exoticism.

Volume I introduces the character of Don Ranucio, a noble and heroic figure, whose adventures are set in a Mediterranean and Hispanic environment, marked by the codes of the novel of honor and fidelity.

Porée, a man of letters and orator, deploys a broad and rhetorical style, heir to the classical tradition but adapted to the romantic sensitivities of his time.

The story, built in episodes, weaves together dramatic action, moral dialogues, and picturesque descriptions, aiming to instruct as much as to entertain.

This first volume illustrates the function of the historical and chivalric novel in 18th-century culture: to propose models of virtue and constancy, while offering the reader a narrative journey into lands and situations imbued with grandeur and pathos.

Charles-Gabriel Porée - History of Don Ranucio d'Alétés - 1786 - Volume I - Antonio Pasquinetti
9 pages, 249 pages, 223 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its full mottled calf from the period, wear from use, missing title piece, smooth spine beautifully decorated with small gold motifs.

Good interior condition, some browning, page 72 missing half, attractive banners, beautiful initial, work enriched with some black engravings outside the text.

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