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Maître Pascal BLOUET

566 - PLUCHE (N. A.): A History of Heaven as Viewed through the Id…
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Estimate €100 - €200
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PLUCHE (N. A.): A History of Heaven as Viewed through the Ideas of Poets, Philosophers and Moses. In which the following are examined: I. The Origin of Poetic Heaven. 2. The Philosophers’ Misconception Regarding the Structure of Heaven and Earth. 3. The Conformity of Experience with the Physics of Moses Alone. By the Abbé N.A. Pluche. Paris: Published by the Widow Estienne, 1739. Two volumes in-12. First volume: half-title, frontispiece by Le Bas, title page, XX (outline of the work), [1ff.], 411 pages, plate (on the reverse of the last leaf, an explanation of the frontispiece), 23 engraved plates. Second volume: half-title page, title page, one plate and 459 pages. Numerous plates depicting Egyptian antiquities. First edition of this famous work, which deals, amongst other things, with the zodiac, symbolic writing, divination, alchemy, the world of the Peripatetics, Epicurus, Gassendi, Descartes and Newton...
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About the sale Original comic strips and comic books, antique and modern books – Afternoon sale at 2 pm
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Auction time 09/09/2026 at 2:00 PM
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