Live auction - Lot 1176
[Philosophy]
Alexis ou De l’âge d’or.
Riga, J.Fr. Hartknoch, 1787
€ 250 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: 188 pp. + 1 folding engraving.
Contemp. calf, richly gilt flat spine with red label, red edges, marbled endpapers, in marbled slipcase. Nice large paper copy.
First edition of the final work of the Dutch Platonic philosopher Fr. Hemsterhuis (1721-1790), on the three golden ages (incl. afterlife).
Ref. Stoddard (Book-Collector) 11. - Conlon 87:2024.
Prov. "Meckel, canonicus" (contemp. name on front flyleaf).