Lettres sur l'Italie en 1785 vols. 1-2 - Dupaty, Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier 1746-1788 (Paris Libraires associés, 1796)
Dupaty was a French magistrate, criminal law reformer and man of letters. He was chamber president of the parliament of Bordeaux and made his mark in several causes célèbres.
Originally published posthumously in 2 parts in 1789, which met with great success and was translated into German, English and Russian. Rome placed it on the Index librorum prohibitorum. Dupaty is above all a gentleman thrown on the Grand Tour. However, rather than describing the ruins of an extinct star in a soothing manner, he focuses on the men - especially the women - and their customs: death, misery, and toil.These letters are epistolary in name only, since they were written for the sole purpose of publication.
the 'Lettres sur l'Italie' were on the Index librorum prohibitorum
See also C2.63 H3-059 for an edition in 3 volumes of 1809
Ex libris Roux Mireton (manuscript)
leather bound, gilded embossed spine, red edges
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Travel; Cuckoo; Italy