Sobre a Obra
Raríssima obra do século 18 (1795) , numerada a mão e assinada por Antoine-Augustin Renouard (21 September 1765 - 15 December 1853). M.ANNAEI LUCANI PHARSALIA ex optimis exemplaribus emendata, parisiis, IMPRESSA EM 1795. Studio et impensis Ant. Aug. Renouard, typis P. Didot natu majoris, an III/1795. Folio. 368 x 245 mm. (4), L, (2), 351 pp. Graesse IV:2. Ebert 12354. Brunet III, p. 97. Renouard used a 14th century manuscript for the first part. The book is begun with a life of Lucanus, followed by a bibliographical history, naming all known editions up to this one (including some bibliographical mistakes according to Ebert). Este livro pertenceu ao Thomas Henry Toovey Hopkins (1831- 1885) at the College of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford. Em seguida passou para outro dono Vincentii O'Connor. No final do livro, Antoine-Augustin Renouard escreveu e assinou ao próprio punho: Quarante neuviève sur deux cents douze (49/212). Encadernação de luxo. Três cortes dourados. Folio 26x38,5cm. Sinais de tempo (223 anos). Obra bem conservada, aquisição para biblioteca alto-padrão. Antoine-Augustin Renouard (21 September 1765 - 15 December 1853) was an industrialist and political activist in Paris at the time of the French Revolution who became a book dealer, printer and bibliographer. Antoine-Augustin Renouard was an active participant during the early years of the revolution, joining the Jacobins, and serving as a member of the Paris Commune General Council and, in 1793, a Civil Commissioner. He embarked in a career as a book dealer and publisher in 1792, while at the same time continuing to work in the Gauze and Silk businesses until approximately 1797. His early publications were of works in both Latin and the French vernacular, and were noteworthy for their elegance and precision. Many were enhanced with engravings by artists including Jean-Michel Moreau, Alexandre-Joseph Desenne and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon. For his publishing business Renouard used as a trademark the patriotic image of a cockerell above an anchor. His business career was interrupted by the Thermidore coup d'état in July 1794 which led to the execution of the revolutionary leader Robespierre before the end of the month and the imprisonment of most of the members of the Paris Commune, including Renouard. He had recently married and his eldest son was born while he was still in prison. He was released on 3 December 1794, after which he seems to have concentrated on his book business, to the exclusion of high-profile political activism, till 1830. After the 1830 revolution had put an end, for a second time, to the Bourbon monarchy in France, Renouard returned to front-line politics, becoming mayor of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. He was rewarded with the Legion of Honour in 1831.
