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LASSAY (Marquis de). Recueil de différentes choses. Lausanne, Bousquet, 1756. 4 vol. in-4, glazed calf, spine decorated with nerves, crowned figure at the foot, triple gilt fillet on the boards, title and tom. pages in red green morocco, red tr. (period binding). Copy in large paper reprinted in in-4° format. Second edition of the Relation du royaume des Féliciens, people living in the Terres Australes, in which it is treated of their origin, their religion, their government, their manners and their customs - which is in the fourth volume. The first edition is of 1727. In this utopia, the author claims to be only the copyist of a found manuscript. The Felicians are religious, gentle, wise and tolerant; they form a hierarchical, military, merchant, 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 care of the abbot G.-L. Calabre Pérau. It contains letters, anecdotes, thoughts on religion and politics in which one often recognized a precursor of Rousseau and the philosophers. Nice copy with large margins.
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LASSAY (Marquis de). Recueil de différentes choses. Lausanne, Bousquet, 1756. 4 vol. in-4, glazed calf, spine decorated with nerves, crowned figure at the foot, triple gilt fillet on the boards, title and tom. pages in red green morocco, red tr. (period binding). Copy in large paper reprinted in in-4° format. Second edition of the Relation du royaume des Féliciens, people living in the Terres Australes, in which it is treated of their origin, their religion, their government, their manners and their customs - which is in the fourth volume. The first edition is of 1727. In this utopia, the author claims to be only the copyist of a found manuscript. The Felicians are religious, gentle, wise and tolerant; they form a hierarchical, military, merchant, 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 care of the abbot G.-L. Calabre Pérau. It contains letters, anecdotes, thoughts on religion and politics in which one often recognized a precursor of Rousseau and the philosophers. Nice copy with large margins.
