SAINT-PIERRE (abbé de). Les Rêves d'un homme de bien, qui pe - Lot 597

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SAINT-PIERRE (abbé de). Les Rêves d'un homme de bien, qui pe - Lot 597
SAINT-PIERRE (abbé de). Les Rêves d'un homme de bien, qui peuvent être réalisés; ou les vues utiles et pratiquables. Paris, Veuve Duchesne, 1775. In-12 marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine, maroon title page, red tr. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Rare posthumous first edition, given by Pons-Augustin Alletz. "ST-PIERRE (Ch.-Irénée Castel, abbé de), economist, born on Feb. 18, 1658, at the château de St-Pierre-Eglise near Barfleur (Manche), died in Paris on April 29, 1743, having revived the great project of perpetual peace, and thought of improving the lot of populations through reform projects in administration and institutions. A member of the Acad. franç. in 1695, Abbé de St-Pierre was expelled for having exalted, in his speech on Polysynody (Amst., 1718, in-4), the Regent's way of governing, while criticizing that of Louis XIV. He is the author of a large number of philosophical and political writings [...]". Frère (who does not cite this work). A fine copy. Ex-libris J.M. (Frère II, 498.)
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