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SAINT-PIERRE (Charles-Irénée Castel de)]. Project to make perpetual peace in Europe. Utrecht, Antoine Schouten, 1713. - Project of treaty to make perpetual peace between the Christian sovereigns, to maintain always the free trade between the nations... Id, ibid, 1717. - 3 vol. in-12, fawn calf, triple fillet, spine decorated, red title and tomain pieces (period). Rare first edition of the definitive text founding the idea of perpetual peace: this model for the Enlightenment was taken up by Rousseau and then Kant. The abbé de Saint-Pierre had previously published drafts, in small numbers. Ex-libris Léon Duris Du Fresne. Missing 5 plates out of 6 (I: the frontispiece and the author's portrait; II: 3 portraits and one plate; the portrait of Sully present). Binding worn, spines cracked, headbands trimmed, worm holes. Small stains. Missing title pieces.
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SAINT-PIERRE (Charles-Irénée Castel de)]. Project to make perpetual peace in Europe. Utrecht, Antoine Schouten, 1713. - Project of treaty to make perpetual peace between the Christian sovereigns, to maintain always the free trade between the nations... Id, ibid, 1717. - 3 vol. in-12, fawn calf, triple fillet, spine decorated, red title and tomain pieces (period). Rare first edition of the definitive text founding the idea of perpetual peace: this model for the Enlightenment was taken up by Rousseau and then Kant. The abbé de Saint-Pierre had previously published drafts, in small numbers. Ex-libris Léon Duris Du Fresne. Missing 5 plates out of 6 (I: the frontispiece and the author's portrait; II: 3 portraits and one plate; the portrait of Sully present). Binding worn, spines cracked, headbands trimmed, worm holes. Small stains. Missing title pieces.
