[LA METTRIE (Julien Offray de). The Machiavellianism... - Lot 151 - Normandy Auction

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[LA METTRIE (Julien Offray de). The Machiavellianism... - Lot 151 - Normandy Auction
[LA METTRIE (Julien Offray de). The Machiavellianism of Medicine, or The Path of Fortune Open to Doctors. Work reduced in the form of Advice, by Doctor Fun-Ho-Ham, & translated on the Chinese Original, by Ale'the'ius De'me'trius. In Berlin, s.n., 1753. In-8, XXVIII-64 p., contemporary speckled tan basane, smooth spine decorated, garnet coloured title page, marbled edges (binding rubbed, corners dull, damage to title page; browning and brown spots). Rare edition, which reproduces the original published in 1746 under the title: "Politics of Machiavelli's physician", and which consists like this one of a single "first part". After the condemnation of his work "L'Histoire naturelle de l'âme" published in 1745, La Mettrie was forced to flee from Paris to Leiden, then to Berlin where Frederic II welcomed him, and where this edition was published.
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