Petit code de la raison humaine, ou, Exposition succinte de ce que la raison dicte à tous les hommes, pour éclairer leur conduite & assurer leur bonheur

Alternate Title:

Exposition succinte de ce que la raison dicte à tous les hommes, pour éclairer leur conduite & assurer leur bonheur

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (printer)

Name:

Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques), 1709-1779

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1782

Language:

French

Provenance:

Heilbrun, Georges (bookplate)

Publisher:

[Benjamin Franklin]

Subject:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Conduct of life; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics; Reason -- Early works to 1800; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 Parodies, imitations, etc; Reason

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

books; Parodies (Literature)

Physical Description:

xxiv, 118 pages, 2 unnumbered pages; 13 cm (24mo)

Related Place:

France -- Passy.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Author "M.B.D." identified in Barbier as M. Jacques Barbeu Dubourg.; Printed by Franklin while living in Passy, on his private press using custom cast typeface. Cf. Ford.; The original version of Barbeu Du Bourg's collection of 33 moral and political maxims first appeared in December 1768 issue of "Mercure de France" under title: Code de l'humanité, ou, Loix immunables qui servent de base aux devoirs, aux droits, & au bonheur de l'homme. In 1769 it was reissued as a pamphlet under the same title. In 1774 it was enlarged and issued under title: "Petit code de la raison humaine"... (Ford 850). This 1782 edition was further expanded to contain a total of 102 maxims. Cf. Livingston, p. 67-72.; Dedication to "Monsieur B.F" who in later editions is identified as Benjamin Franklin.; Signatures: [a]⁶ b⁶ A-K⁶.; Leaves [a]1 and K8 blank.; Half-title.; Curtis Collection copy imperfect: wanting first and last blank leaves.; Curtis Collection copy has small vellum bookplate on front pastedown with monogram "G H" in gold lettering, from the personal library of Georges Heilbrun, Paris bookdealer.; Curtis Collection copy in contemporary blind-ruled mottled calf with marbled endpapers; red morocco spine label in gilt.; Curtis Collection copy with ms. inscription on title page below author's initials, identifying Du Bourg as "Docteur en medicine, mort en 1779."; Curtis Collection copy bound with: Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques). Élémens de médecine, en forme d'aphorismes. A Paris : Chez P. Fr. Didot, MDCCLXXX [1780]; Related Work: Barbeu Du Bourg, M. (Jacques), 1709-1779. Code de l'humanité.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Curtis Collection, BJ1054 .B27 1782

Collection:

Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania)