Mercier (louis-sébastien). 4 Vol. "portraits Of The Kings Of France." 1783

MERCIER (Louis-Sébastien). Original edition, complete series, Portraits of the Kings of France. In Neuchatel, From the Printing House of the Typographical Society, 1783, 4 vol. in-8, brown morocco, ribbed spine, attractive gilt stamps. 18th century period (Louis-Sébastien Mercier 1740-1814). Louis-Sébastien Mercier, born June 6, 1740 in Paris and died in the same city on April 25, 1814, is a French writer of the Enlightenment movement, at the same time novelist, playwright, essayist, philosopher, literary critic and journalist. A prolific author, he is one of the men whose literary life was the most active in the 18th century, who called himself "the greatest bookseller in France"; He remains primarily known today for his futuristic novel The Year 2440 (1771) and his Tableau de Paris (1781), published before the Revolution. He is also the author of around thirty plays, dozens of verse plays and numerous critical essays, and the founder of the Annales patriotiques et littéraires.