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LA MOTHE LE VAYER. Petits traitez en forme de lettres à diverses personnes curieuses. Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1648. In-4, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). First edition, with engraved frontispiece and portrait of the author. The collection contains 60 letters on a wide range of subjects: prudence, odors, the usefulness of travel, the uselessness of travel, painting, the instruction of children, the insolence of the rich, how to build a library of only a hundred books, torture, poisons, etc. Several off-set quires, wetness, small worm work in the margin of a few leaves.

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LA MOTHE LE VAYER. Petits traitez en forme de lettres à diverses personnes curieuses. Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1648. In-4, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). First edition, with engraved frontispiece and portrait of the author. The collection contains 60 letters on a wide range of subjects: prudence, odors, the usefulness of travel, the uselessness of travel, painting, the instruction of children, the insolence of the rich, how to build a library of only a hundred books, torture, poisons, etc. Several off-set quires, wetness, small worm work in the margin of a few leaves.

Estimate 200 - 300 EUR

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For sale on Tuesday 09 Jul : 14:00 (CEST)
paris, France
Rossini
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