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De l'Amérique et des Américains, ou Observations curieuses du philosophe La Douceur, qui a parcouru cet hémisphère pendant la dernière guerre, en faisant le noble métier de tuer les hommes sans les manger[On America and the Americans, or Curious Observations of the Philosopher La Douceur, Who Travelled through that Hemisphere during the Late War, Practising the Noble Profession of Killing Men without Eating Them]
Samuel Pitra|[Lyon] • Berlin 1772|11.5 x 18 cm|Broché
New edition.
Our copy is preserved in its original temporary binding, with marbled-paper wrappers. (cf. Sabin 6327.)
Marbled-paper spine lacking, abrasions to the marbled-paper covers, and a dampstain to the upper left corner of the volume, gradually diminishing through the text.
We follow the attribution given by Hoefer and Sabin for this uncommon pamphlet, a critique of the theories of Cornelijs de Pauw. Its authorship remains uncertain: Pierre Poivre (1719-1786) has been proposed, as has Antoine-François Pernety (1716-1796), probably through confusion with his Dissertation sur l'Amérique et les Américains of 1769; both attributions continue to find favour...
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