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RECUEIL. calligraphic manuscript in french, german, and latin, written in black ink on laid paper. 147 leaves. 225x186 mm, contemporary marbled
RECUEIL. calligraphic manuscript in french, german, and latin, written in black ink on laid paper. 147 leaves. 225x186 mm, contemporary marbled wrappers, large dark stain on front cover, front joint cracked and reinforced. Bookplate of the Bibliothèque Hammer, Stockholm. Sweden? mid-18th century
- Notes: Collection of miscellaneous literary, philosophical, moralistic, political, and satiric pieces in French and German, and epitaphs in Latin, dedicated "À Monsieur Guillaume de Gehebe Conseiller de Guerre et des Finances, Secrétaire du Cabinet de Sa Maj[es]té le Roy de Suède et Landtgrave de Hesse." The signature at the end of the dedicatory letter is unfortunately illegible. Characteristic titles include Der wahre Ursprung moralischer Tugend, Description Poëtique d'un Baiser, Combat de l'Amour et de la Raison, Lettre sur la Liberté d'écrire et de parler, and Lettre Allemande sur la Conduite d'un Jeune Homme.
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