[Moral Maxims] La vie heureuse, ou l'homme content; enseignant l'art de bien vivre ...
by Jean Puget de la Serre (1594-1665)
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Paulus-du-Mesnil, 1740. Nouvelle edition. Reflections on morality and the art of living well. With moral maxims "that can serve to drive our passions, to practice virtue, & flee vices." A popular work by Jean Puget de la Serre, a prolific author and playwright who was royal librarian to Gaston, Duke of Orleans. French text. [8], 249, [6] pp. Contemporary leather binding. 16mo. Approx 16 x 10 cm. Marbled endpapers. Gilt spine lettering and ruling. Page edges dyed red. Good with moderate wear, small worm track on front cover. Old ink name on the title. Sound and intact.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047636
- Title
- [Moral Maxims] La vie heureuse, ou l'homme content; enseignant l'art de bien vivre ...
- Author
- Jean Puget de la Serre (1594-1665)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paulus-du-Mesnil
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1740
- Size
- 16mo - over 5� - 6�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Language; Philosophy;
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- Gilt
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