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Reflections or Moral Sentences. Sixième édition augmentée. Paris, Claude Barbin, 1693. In-12, midnight blue morocco, triple gilt fillet, richly decorated spine, interior lace, gilt edges (Lortic). Partly first edition, comprising 50 Maximes, including 25 new ones, and 504 Réflexions morales, with a Discours sur les Réflexions by Sieur de Segrais. This speech has been restored to La Chapelle-Bessay. A very fine copy, perfectly established by Lortic. From the Ambroise Firmin-Didot and Charles Hayoit libraries (I, 2001, n°51). Minor restoration at the bottom of the title.
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