Opuscules français.

Kneppelhout (Johannes)

Opuscules français.

Description: loosely inserted is the cancellandum for 16/5, uncut (or at least distinctly larger than the rest of the volume) and, tipped in at the front a 4-page Autograph Letter signed by the author presenting the book to Henry Bright, and continuing at length on social matters, folded thrice, pp. viii, 263, [1], 8vo, contemporary half calf, red lettering piece at top of spine, joints cracked, upper board just holding on one cord, a little worn

Publication Details: Leiden: A.W. Sythoff, 1863

Notes: Kneppelhout takes advantage of the appearance of this volume to resume his correspondence with Henry Bright, the artist, friend of Turner, &c. From the letter we gather that Kneppelhout had selected out of his Geschriften, then in the course of publication, his French writings and had them privately printed in a small number of copies.The cancellans for 16/5 ends half way down p. 249, and the verso is blank. The cancellandum has text filling both recto and verso. The part cancelled is politically sensitive, addressing as it does the question of whether a government is better to rely on aristo...moreKneppelhout takes advantage of the appearance of this volume to resume his correspondence with Henry Bright, the artist, friend of Turner, &c. From the letter we gather that Kneppelhout had selected out of his Geschriften, then in the course of publication, his French writings and had them privately printed in a small number of copies.The cancellans for 16/5 ends half way down p. 249, and the verso is blank. The cancellandum has text filling both recto and verso. The part cancelled is politically sensitive, addressing as it does the question of whether a government is better to rely on aristocracy or the people: the former are preferred, as having a better grasp of the national interest.The Opuscules are best described as belles lettres, but there is a little literary criticism as well, including 'En sortant de voir Maître Favilla, comédie de Mad. Sand', an early performance, with the piece dated 1856 (in the text we are introduced to Georges [sic] Sand). Various contemporary poets are alluded to. HIDE