104 - CHEVREAU, Urbain. *L'Escole du Sage, or The Character of Virtues and Vices*.

CHEVREAU, Urbain. *L'Escole du Sage, or The Character of Virtues and Vices*. Paris: Gabriel Quinet, 1664. In-12, full brown speckled sheepskin, ribbed spine decorated with gold fleurons and the title in gold, gold roulette on the edges, red speckled edges (contemporary binding). 2 unnumbered folios and 379 pages, title medallion, headpieces, initials, and tailpieces. Binding rubbed, slight water stain on the lower margin of the first and last folios, rare and small marginal foxing. A new edition of this typology of virtues and vices compiled by the playwright and historian Urbain Chevreau (1613–1701). In the great tradition of 17th-century moralists, foreshadowing La Bruyère and La Rochefoucauld, the work paints a psychological portrait of various human types: The Wise Man, The Man of Virtue, The Hypocrite, The Superstitious, The Flatterer, The Boaster, The Presumptuous, The Fickle, The Miser, etc. A fine copy in a contemporary binding. Rare.