Pons-Augustin ALLETZ

New edition of the translation by Alain-René Le Sage, revised by Pons-Auguste Alletz, some forty years after its initial publication. Two frontispieces decorate each volume. As we learn from the Avertissement, this classic, which flowed from the pen of the author nicknamed the "Divine Spaniard" by his compatriots, was then, in the 1770s, unknown to a large part of the French youth.

Contemporary binding in full brown tree calf, smooth gilt spine with four compartments separated by traditional and dotted

Second edition following the first edition of 1758.
Half red morocco binding with straight grain, mid-19th century. Smooth spine decorated with fleurons with title along spine and gilt fillet border. Light rubbing to headcaps. Handsome copy.
This treatise first appeared in 1758 between the death of Benedict XIV and the election of his successor Carlo Rezzonico under the name Clement XIII, this second edition appeared after the death of Clement XIII in 1769. The final leaf reproduces the election bulletin.
Engraved bookplate: Bibliothèque de Monsieur le Comte Godefroy de Montgrand.