BOUHOURS

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BOUHOURS
BOUHOURS (Dominique). The way to think well in the works of the mind. Dialogues. In Paris, by the Vve de S. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1687. In-4, [4] f. (the first blank), 402 p., [15] f. (the last blank), contemporary brown calf, spine with 5 nerves, gilt title, ornamented caissons, gilt roulette at the edges, red edges (corners worn, uncovered headpieces, split at the head of the upper jaw, stains on the boards, browning not serious, corners repaired in the margins of the last 15 ff.). First edition of one of the main works of the Jesuit Father Bouhours, in which he aims to demonstrate the superiority and universality of the French language. It is illustrated with 4 copper-engraved culs-de-lampe.
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