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Jean-Baptiste Marquis de BOYER D'ARGENS

Lettres juives, ou correspondance philosophique, historique, et critique, entre un Juif voyageur à Paris & ses correspondans en divers endroits

Pierre Paupie, à La Haye 1738, 6 tomes en 6 Vol. in 12 (9,5x15,5cm), (36) 363pp. et (16) 363pp. et (10) 382pp. et (24) 325pp. et (24) 480pp. et (20) 100pp. (265), relié.

Augmented second after the original published by the same publisher in 1736/37 edition contains 200 letters against 180 for the first edition .. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a portrait of the author and title of six vignettes. Full period calf. Spine ribbed ornate. Part of title and volume number in red morocco, with wheels on the volume numbers. Small loss on upper jaw tail of Volume I. A hitch head of Volume II. The right margin of the first volume has certainly dipped in water, thereby Margins were trimmed to a maximum of 5 minimeters some spots; no damage to the text (same in Volume II, but less so). Some scuffs on covers. Despite these flaws, all decorative and nice. Jewish letters are the first literary contribution of Boyer d'Argens after his military career and his most notable for his fantasy and verve book. The book was originally a journal, letters appeared regularly. A Jewish traveler in Europe shared his observations and reflections to his Jewish friends, according to a model quite popular at that time and qu'emploiera first in Marana The Turkish spy in 1684, then in Montesquieu's Persian Letters All 1721 results in an elegant satire of society and manners of the time. The volume V is dedicated to Sancho Panza, the sixth Barber of Dom Quixote. The fact remains that blows the wind out quite philosophical and critical, and it is the breath of the Enlightenment, the one we find in the spirit of Diderot and Voltaire and s inquires about the perception of things, opinion and truth.

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