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ORIENT & INDIA. – A set of 3 volumes in matching bindings.
See original version (French)
55
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ORIENT & INDIA. – A set of 3 volumes in matching bindings.
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
ORIENT & INDIA. – A set of 3 volumes in matching bindings. 12mo, speckled fawn calfskin, framed by a triple gilt rule, gilt coat of arms in the centre, decorated spine, speckled edges (Antique binding). [BOULANGER (Nicolas-Antoine)]. Research into the Origin of Eastern Despotism. Posthumous work by Mr B. I. D. P. E. C. London, Seyffert, 1762. A new edition of this posthumous work, published and revised by Baron d’Holbach, which appeared one year after the original. The final chapter contains a fine eulogy of Montesquieu’s *The Spirit of the Laws*.
HALLER (Albrecht von). Usong, History of the East. Translated from the German. Paris, Valade; Lausanne, Grasset, 1772. French edition of this political novel, published a year after the original German version.
LA FLOTTE. Historical Essays on India, preceded by a Travel Journal and a geographical description of the Coromandel Coast, by M. de La Flotte. Paris, Herissant le Fils, 1769. First edition illustrated with three engraved plates: ‘Brama, God of the Indians’, ‘View of a Pagoda Tower’, and ‘Man Making Snakes Dance’.
Copies bearing the coat of arms of Anne-Léon II de Montmorency (1731–1799), Marquis of Fosseux and later Duke of Montmorency, from the library of Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld (1825–1908), Duke of Bisaccia (inherited from the Montmorency-Laval family), with bookplates.
Some foxing, a few brown spots.
OHR, 810/2.
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Antique books – Alchemy & the occult sciences
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11/04/2026 at 2:00 PM
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