[MAILLY, J.-B.]. - Lot 334

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[MAILLY, J.-B.]. - Lot 334
[MAILLY, J.-B.]. L'esprit de la fronde, ou Histoire politique et militaire des troubles de France, pendant la minorité de Louis XIV. Paris, Moutard, 1772 - 1773. 5 vol. in-12. Full contemporary calf, gilt arms in the centre of the boards, spine ribbed and decorated, gilt numeral on the spine, red morocco title and tomes. "We know that from time immemorial men have destroyed themselves, we even know more or less how they have destroyed themselves; what we do not know, what we are curious to know, is why they have destroyed themselves. It is according to these ideas that I have worked and that I will continue to work". (Barbier). >Copy with the coat of arms of Marguerite-Delphine de Valbelle de Tourves, daughter of the President of the Parliament of Provence. Engraved armorial bookplate of Victor Foucher with his motto "Per ardua gradior", pasted on the upper back cover of volume I. Rubbing to the binding. Barbier, II, 187. O.H.R. pl. 1738, n°2.
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