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LASSAY (Marquis de). Collection of various things. Lausanne, with Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756. 4 vols. in-4, glazed calf, spine ribbed and decorated, crowned numeral at the foot, triple gilt fillet on the boards, red morocco title-piece and green morocco cover, red edges (period binding). Copy in large paper reprinted in quarto format. Second edition of the Relation du royaume des Féliciens, people who live in the Southern Lands, in which their origin, religion, government, manners and customs are treated - which is in the fourth volume. The first edition is from 1727. In this utopia, the author claims to be only the copyist of a found manuscript. The kingdom of Felicia has nothing absolute, luxury has a salutary function, the economic system is characterized by freedom of work and free trade. The population enjoys complete freedom; the Felicians are religious, gentle, wise and tolerant; they form a hierarchical, military, mercantile, luxurious and voluptuous society, where all is well since the laws govern and wisdom reigns. This edition of the works of the Marquis de Lassay was printed by the abbot G.-L. Calabre Pérau. It contains letters, anecdotes, thoughts on religion and politics in which one has often recognized a precursor of Rousseau and the philosophers. Beautiful copy with large margins.

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LASSAY (Marquis de). Collection of various things. Lausanne, with Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1756. 4 vols. in-4, glazed calf, spine ribbed and decorated, crowned numeral at the foot, triple gilt fillet on the boards, red morocco title-piece and green morocco cover, red edges (period binding). Copy in large paper reprinted in quarto format. Second edition of the Relation du royaume des Féliciens, people who live in the Southern Lands, in which their origin, religion, government, manners and customs are treated - which is in the fourth volume. The first edition is from 1727. In this utopia, the author claims to be only the copyist of a found manuscript. The kingdom of Felicia has nothing absolute, luxury has a salutary function, the economic system is characterized by freedom of work and free trade. The population enjoys complete freedom; the Felicians are religious, gentle, wise and tolerant; they form a hierarchical, military, mercantile, luxurious and voluptuous society, where all is well since the laws govern and wisdom reigns. This edition of the works of the Marquis de Lassay was printed by the abbot G.-L. Calabre Pérau. It contains letters, anecdotes, thoughts on religion and politics in which one has often recognized a precursor of Rousseau and the philosophers. Beautiful copy with large margins.

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