Les Philéniens ou le Patriotisme, poême, qui a concouru pour le Prix de l'Académie Françoise, en 1775. by GUIBERT (Elisabeth)

A Amsterdam, et se trouve à Paris, chez l'Esclapart, 1775. 8vo. 10 pages. (1 blank leaf). Modern boards in Bradel style. First Edition of this very rare poem by the woman of letters Elisabeth Guibert (1725-1788), who was notably pensioned by Louis XV. It is an epic parable inspired by the ancient episode of the sacrifice of the Philène brothers, who died for Carthage at the end of the war against Cyrene. Here, Philène and Theanor also visit China and the Russia of Peter the Great. Submitted to the competition of the Académie Française, the poem was republished at the Mercure de France as well as in the Almanac des Muses. "Les ouvrages de Madame Guibert sont marqués au coin de la facilité et de l'esprit" (Fortunée Briquet). This book is so rare that we have only been able to locate a single copy in public holdings (Institut de France), in France as well as abroad. Ancient handwritten corrections. Pretty good copy. Cioranescu, 33006. 1 copy at the CCFR (Institut de France). Not in the BNF catalogue. Not in the NUC or in WorldCat.