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two old books sitting on top of each othera set of eight books with gold and red covers
Maître Pascal BLOUET

587 - FEIJOO (Benito Jerónimo Feijoo): A set of 15 volumes in unif…
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FEIJOO (Benito Jerónimo Feijoo): A set of 15 volumes in uniform period bindings: - *Teatro Crítico Universal* or *Discursos varios en todo género de materias, para desengaño de errores comunes*. written by the most illustrious Mr D. Fr. Benito Jerónimo Feijoo y Montenegro ... Madrid, D. Joaquín Ibarra, 1778. 9 volumes in-8 - Cartas eruditas, y curiosas: in which, for the most part, the aim of the Teatro Crítico Universal is continued, challenging or casting doubt upon various common opinions. Written by the most illustrious Mr D. Fr. Benito Gerónimo Feyjoó y Montenegro ...(5 volumes) Madrid, 1777. Printed at the Royal Press of the Gazeta. - General alphabetical index of the notable matters contained in all the works of the most illustrious Mr D. Fr. Benito Gerónimo Feijóo, including the dedications, endorsements and prefaces, as well as the two volumes of the *Demonstración Crítico-Apologética*, written in defence of the *Teatro Crítico* by the Most Reverend Father M. D. Fr. Martín Sarmiento, compiled by Don Joseph Santos... Madrid, Antonio de Sancha, 1774. Contemporary full glazed calfskin binding, smooth spine with faux raised bands, ornate panels, marbled edges. Coat of arms on the covers (Coat of arms of the alliance of Pierre Clair de Fondeville, Viscount of Labatut, (1752–1828), lawyer, politician, first elected mayor of Tarbes in 1791, president of the General Council of the Hautes-Pyrénées during the First Empire and the Restoration, and mayor of Labatut-Rivière.) The coat of arms is also reproduced on an ex libris. Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1676–1764), a Spanish Benedictine philosopher, published his major work, the *Teatro crítico universal* (*Universal Critical Theatre*), between 1726 and 1739. The term ‘Theatre’ is to be understood in its original sense of ‘panorama’ or ‘overview’.
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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