THE CENSEUR - Lot 2

THE CENSEUR Or Examen des actes et des ouvrages qui tendent à détruire ou à consolider la constitution de l'État. June 1814-September 6, 1815. At Madame Marchant's in Paris. Written by Messrs. Comte and Dunoyer, lawyers. Volume 3 includes an important article by Saint-Simon ("Lettre sur l'établissement du parti de l'opposition"). 6 vol. in-8 bound in contemporary style (green half-maroquin, spines decorated with fleurons, lozenges and garlands). The 1st page of no. 2 is partly torn. The Bulletin du Censeur appears to be missing 4 pages between issues 2 and 4, paginated 9 to 12. Pages 29 and 30 of the Bulletin du Censeur are partly torn. To be complete, 7 volumes are needed, but the 7th, which has been seized, is almost impossible to find. Handwritten notes by Vasseur (1 f.). The magazine was revived in 1817 under the title "Le Censeur européen": LE CENSEUR EUROPÉEN Or Examen de diverses questions de droit public, et des divers ouvrages littéraires et scientifiques, considérés dans leurs rapports avec les progrès de la civilisation. February 1817-1818. À Paris, Au bureau de l'administration. Written by Messrs. Comte and Dunoyer. 6 vol. in-8 bound in contemporary style (full green boards, green and red spine labels with gold fillet frames; boards slightly rubbed). To be complete, 12 volumes are required (February 1817-17 April 1819). Handwritten notes by Vasseur (2 ff.). Joint: - Issue of the Revue des Sciences humaines devoted to the Censeur européen (no. 114, April-June 1964).