Description philosophique du caractère de feu Mr. F. Fagel.

12mo: 28 pp.

19th-c. half leather, marbled paper on covers, gilt-titled flat spine, a.e.g., green silk endpapers (sl. rubbed, spine tanned). Nice large paper copy.

Smaller work of the Dutch Platonic philosopher Fr. Hemsterhuis (1721-1790), written after the sudden death of his friend François Fagel (1740-1773). 1st publ. in October 1773 in the "Mercure de France".
Ref. Stoddard (Book Collector 2001) 5. - Conlon 73:884. - STCN 239067002.
Prov. Jacob John Baron Fagel (1859-1928) (mod. bookplate).