Lot n° 243
Estimation :
400 - 500
EUR
United Kingdom - BOLINGBROKE (Henry St John, Lord). Lettres - Lot 243
United Kingdom - BOLINGBROKE (Henry St John, Lord). Lettres sur l'esprit du patriotisme, sur l'idée d'un Roy patriote, et sur l'état des partis, qui divisoient l'Angleterre, lors de l'avènement de Georges I. London, sn, 1750. In-8, red morocco, richly decorated smooth spine, triple gilt fillet framing the covers with gilt fleurons in the spandrels, gilt fillet on the edges, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges.
First French edition translated by Claude de Thyard de Bissy of the last philosophical work by Bolingbroke, an English statesman who, after leaving politics, became a fervent advocate of enlightenment.
A precious copy in contemporary morocco.
Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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