Item #11328 Sentimens Et Maximes Sur ce qui se passe Dans La Societé Civile. Nicolas d’. abbé Ailly.
GUIDANCE FOR THE COURTIER

Sentimens Et Maximes Sur ce qui se passe Dans La Societé Civile.

Paris, L. Josse 1697.

8vo (167 x 105 mm.). [iix], 43, [1]p.

Contemporary speckled calf (minor defects), spine and title gilt, edges sprinkled red and brown.

            Only Edition. D’Ailly holds up a harsh mirror to the salon culture of the period, rife with transactional selfishness, jealousy, revenge, petty ambition and lust. His prose maxims treat public conduct, private reflection, self-knowledge, character, commerce, war, women’s role in society, etc. In good condition.
¶Montandon, Bibliographie des traités de savoir-vivre I: 73; Toinet, “Les Écrivains moralistes au XVIIe siècle” in Revue d’histoire littéraire de la France 25 (1918) 472; Cioranescu 6700.

Item #11328

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