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heavily worn, wanting upper board and most of backstrip, light
browning and old waterstaining thoughout: a good, sound copy.
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HALLER (Albrecht von), FRS.
Alfred, roi des Anglo-Saxons … Traduit de l’allemand.
Lausanne, chez la Société typographique,
1775. Pages (16), 232, with
half-title, 12mo, original grey paper wrappers, uncut: light
staining of a few leaves, headbands worn, little dog-eared, but a
very good copy in original state.
The first edition in French of the second of Haller’s three philosophical
romances, first published Berne 1773, in which his views as to the
respective merits of despotism, of limited monarchy and of aristocratic
republican government are fully set forth. Martin, Mylme and Frautschi
75. 29 give precedence to the Berne edition of 1775 for this anonymous
translation.
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LA VILLE (Jean Ignace de): -.
Two memorials of the abbé
de la Ville, together with the French king’s declarations,
transmitted by the said minister to the States General of the
United Provinces; as likewise the answer of their high
mightinesses to the said pieces, as contained in their resolution
of the 7th of November N. S. 1747. Published by authority.
Printed by E. Owen,
1747. FIRST EDITION THUS, pp 69, (3,
blank), 8vo, old mabled paper wrapper: very good.
Other than the title-page, in French and English throughout on facing
pages.
(3)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
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