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969 - MAUBERT DE GOUVEST (Jean-Henri). Letters from Chevalier Robe…
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MAUBERT DE GOUVEST (Jean-Henri). Letters from Chevalier Robert Talbot, a member of the Duke of Bedford’s retinue in Paris in 1762. On France, as it is in its various departments: with numerous interesting details concerning its officials. Translated into French by Mr Maubert de G., Secretary to the late Elector Augustus III. Amsterdam: François Changuion, 1766. 2 volumes in one in-12 volume, comprising XIV-(2)-334 pp.; (6)-362 pp., havana calf, plain decorated spine, title label in havana morocco (contemporary binding) First edition. Fictional correspondence from an English knight presenting a political, social and moral portrait of France in 1766. This serves as a pretext for the publicist Maubert de Gouvest, exiled in Amsterdam, to demonstrate the superiority of the English constitutional monarchy over French absolutism, through reflections on finance, parliaments, administration, criminal law, as well as the Jesuits, the arts, etc. Ex-libris ‘from the Library of the Château de la Grange’. A fine copy.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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