LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de). Reflections,... - Lot 28 - Ader

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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de). Reflections,... - Lot 28 - Ader
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (François de). Reflections, sentences and moral maxims. Put in new order, with Political & Historical Notes. By M. Amelot de La Houssaye : New corrected & increased Edition of Christian maxims. Paris : Veuve Ganeau, 1743. - In-12, black morocco, cold fillet in frame and gilt arms in an oval frame on a red morocco piece in the center of the boards, spine decorated with gilt arms, inner gilt roulette, gilt edges (period binding). New edition, the third published by Amelot de La Houssaye, after those of 1714 and 1725. it is illustrated with a frontispiece signed with the initials N.P.F. Some copies bear the date of 1742. PRECIOUS EXEMPLAIRE WITH THE ARMS OF ANDRÉ-HERCULE DE FLEURY (1653-1743), cardinal, first minister of Louis XV, member of the Académie française . The edition was published the same year of the cardinal's death. It is possible that this copy, which was intended for him, was bound posthumously and offered to his family, hence the use of black morocco, color of mourning. Nice copy. Missing the false title.
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