Jaques TAILHIE, Gabriel-Nicolas MAULTROT
Questions sur la tolérance ; où l'on examine si les maximes de la persécution ne sont pas contraires au droit des gens, à la Religion, à la Morale, à l'intérêt des Souverains & du Clergé
Chez Henry-Albert Gosse|Paris 1758|10 x 17 cm|relié
First edition.
Contemporary binding in full blonde sheep, smooth spine with four raised bands, boards decorated with double blind frame, all edges speckled red. The head is worn and the tail slightly damaged. Some surface abrasions and cracked joints are also to note.
"The Questions sur la tolérance by Maultrot and Tailhé seek to illuminate all the philosophical, religious and historical foundations of the idea of tolerance. The two authors evoke episodes in Christian history marked by intolerance, notably the Spanish Inquisition and the Albigensian Crusade. An entire chapter is devoted to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, considered as an attack on the laws, rights and freedo
Contemporary binding in full blonde sheep, smooth spine with four raised bands, boards decorated with double blind frame, all edges speckled red. The head is worn and the tail slightly damaged. Some surface abrasions and cracked joints are also to note.
"The Questions sur la tolérance by Maultrot and Tailhé seek to illuminate all the philosophical, religious and historical foundations of the idea of tolerance. The two authors evoke episodes in Christian history marked by intolerance, notably the Spanish Inquisition and the Albigensian Crusade. An entire chapter is devoted to the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, considered as an attack on the laws, rights and freedo
€300