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LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, [Francois] Duke de.

Maxims and Moral Reflections.

Maxims and Moral Reflections.

By the Duke de la Rochefoucault.

Stock Code 117712

London, Printed for Lockyer Davis, Printer to the Royal Society, 1791

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'hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue'. A finely-printed example of the collected Maximes of the French courtier and man of letters Francois, Duke de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680).

'New Improved Edition'; 12mo (16.5 x 10.5 cm); engraved title and portrait frontispiece, ownership note in pen to front free endpaper; contemporary sprinkled calf, spine in 6 gilt-banded compartments, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, edges stained yellow, joints and spine ends a little rubbed with slight loss to caps, very good; xvi, 169, [1]pp.

ESTC T83908.

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