Les Caracteres de Theophraste, traduits du grec, avec Les Caracteres ou Les Moeurs de ce Siecle.
Amsterdam: Guillaume de Graf, 1708. Hardcover. Considered to be a masterpiece of French literature, this is the best known work of Jean de la Bruyere (1645 - 1696), French philosopher and satiric moralist. He writes here of the hypocrisy, vanity and corruption of the court of Louis XIV; his observations of the behavior of the court of the Sun King earned him many powerful enemies. 16mo, 2 volumes: 466pp, Clef des Caracteres de ce Siecle [9pp]. Tome II: 163pp; 274pp. Full gilt leather, raised bands, red spine labels. Covers and spines rubbed; base of spine Tome II slightly chipped. Internally pages very bright and clean, very good. This is a Dutch edition; OCLC: 458142605 lists only the Bibliotheque Nationale de France and the University of Chicago owning this item. Very good condition. Item #18366
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