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242 - VILLIERS, Abbé Pierre de] – *Treatise on Satire: An Examinat…
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VILLIERS, Abbé Pierre de] – *Treatise on Satire: An Examination of How One Should Rebuke One’s Neighbour, and How Satire May Serve This Purpose*. Paris: Jean Anisson, 1695. In-12, (8) folios, 356 pp., heraldic stamp on the title page, a few folios yellowed, light brown calfskin binding, decorated ribbed spine. First edition. The author advises against any personal attacks in satire. He himself wrote *Satires* and, having entered the Order of Cluny (1689), was nicknamed ‘the Braggart of Cluny’ by Boileau.
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About the sale The Jean Demaux Collection – Part 2
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