Online auction - Lot 340
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Lettres chinoises, ou Correspondance philosophique, historique et critique, entre un chinois voyageur et ses correspondants à la Chine, en Moscovie, en Perse et au Japon. Nouvelle édition, augmentée de nouvelles lettres & de quantité de remarques.
The Hague, s.n. [- P. Paupié], 1766
Starting bid: €
120
€ 150 / 250
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6 vol., 12mo (sl. marg. damp stain in vol. I, marg. wormtrack in vol. I, marg. wormtrack or wormholes in vol. VI).
Contemp. marbled sheep, gilt-ruled flat spines, spr. edges (sm. def. or traces of use, front joint of vol. V partly split).
In this series, Boyer d'Argens (1704-1771) intends to compare the morals of Europeans with those of the Chinese and more generally with Asian people.