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An early edition in English of the collected Maxims and Moral Reflections of Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld
An early edition in English of the collected Maxims and Moral Reflections of Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld
An early edition in English of the collected Maxims and Moral Reflections of Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld

'hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue'


LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, [Francois] Duke de.

Maxims and Moral Reflections by the Duke de la Rochefoucault.

London, Printed for Lockyer Davis, Printer to the Royal Society, 1775.

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An early edition in English of the collected Maximes of the celebrated French courtier and man of letters Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680).

Scarce. ESTC records only 15 examples in institutional collections worldwide. With provenance for the Scottish physician James Gasking (1756-1817), a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1796 until his death, and secondly for the landowner Frederick James Cornish-Bowden (1843-1905), a member of Middle Temple and J.P. for Devon.

'New Improved Edition'; 8vo (16 x 10 cm); 2pp ads to rear, ownership inscription in pen to title, further ownership inscription and stamp to front pastedown, inscription to rear pastedown, a little toned, lacking half-title; contemporary mottled calf, later red morocco lettering-piece to spine, a little rubbed, very good; [iii]-xvi, 199, [3]pp.

ESTC T83529.

Stock code 125649

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An early edition in English of the collected Maxims and Moral Reflections of Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld

Maxims and Moral Reflections

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