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138 - [ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’)].
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Estimate €40 - €60

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[ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’)]. Essays in the style of those by Montagne, written in 1736 by the author of *Considérations sur le gouvernement de France*. Amsterdam, n.p., 1785. In-8, [2] leaves, IV-410 pp., [1] leaf (errata), late 19th-century havana half-basane, smooth spine, gilt title and fillets, yellow edges (2 corners worn, some browning). A rare first edition, of which only 250 copies were printed, according to Quérard. Early handwritten corrections on pages 179, 282 and 322.

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138 - [ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’)]. See original version (French)

138 - [ARGENSON (René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d’)].
See original version (French)