{"product_id":"1781-french-leather-bound-set-les-aventures-de-l-infortune-napolitain-ou-memoires-du-seigneur-rozelli-volumes-ii-iv","title":"1781 French Leather-Bound Set, Les Aventures de l’Infortuné Napolitain, ou Mémoires du Seigneur Rozelli – Volumes II–IV","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003eAdditional Description\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA handsome group of three 18th-century French literary volumes, comprising Volumes II, III, and IV of Les Aventures de l’Infortuné Napolitain, ou Mémoires du Seigneur Rozelli, published in London in 1781.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach volume retains its original mottled brown calf binding with richly gilt-decorated spine compartments, floral tools, and contrasting dark green title labels reading “Bibliothèque Amusante” and “Aventures de l’Infortuné Napolitain.” The small format and elaborate gilt spines give the set a particularly charming decorative presence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title page identifies the work as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLes Aventures de l’Infortuné Napolitain, ou Mémoires du Seigneur Rozelli\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith the pictured volume marked “Tome Second” and dated M.DCC.LXXXI — 1781.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe three surviving books are numbered 2, 3, and 4, indicating that Volume I is absent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate 18th century \/ Louis XVI period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLes Aventures de l’Infortuné Napolitain belongs to the popular 18th-century tradition of memoir-style adventure fiction, in which the supposed recollections of a traveler or unfortunate gentleman provided a framework for episodes of romance, danger, displacement, intrigue, and social observation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work circulated in French in multiple editions during the 18th century and reflects contemporary appetite for picaresque and pseudo-memoir literature—stories presented with the immediacy of personal experience even when literary in nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese volumes were incorporated into a decorative series labeled “Bibliothèque Amusante,” or “Entertaining Library,” a fitting designation for compact literary works intended for private reading and domestic libraries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvenance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSourced in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaterials\u003cbr\u003eMottled calf leather bindings\u003cbr\u003eGilt-tooled spines\u003cbr\u003eGreen morocco or leather title labels\u003cbr\u003eLaid paper\u003cbr\u003ePrinted text\u003cbr\u003eVolumes Present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolumes II, III, and IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume I is not present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease provide the exact height, width, and thickness of one volume and I can add them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey appear to be approximately small octavo \/ duodecimo size, roughly 6–7 inches tall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50796528632063,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/8780\/4927\/files\/7A87743E-B632-41A4-B509-AA42E9B2C14E.png?v=1793047965","url":"https:\/\/forthelouvreofantiques.com\/fr\/products\/1781-french-leather-bound-set-les-aventures-de-l-infortune-napolitain-ou-memoires-du-seigneur-rozelli-volumes-ii-iv","provider":"For the Louvre of Antiques LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}