Aux manes de Louis XV, et des grands hommes qui ont vêcu sous son règne. Essai sur les progrès des arts & de l'esprit humain, sous le règne de Louis XV
S. n.|à Lausanne 1777|10 x 17 cm|relié
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New edition, following the first published in 1776. Contemporary blonde sheep binding. Decorated smooth spine. Green morocco title-label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Head worn down. One crack at foot. Joints cracked at head. 2 worm tracks on spine and 2 holes. 2 corners bumped. Generally rubbed. Faint dampstain to corners of the first 10 leaves. Abridgment of the events of Louis XV's reign, particularly in arts and sciences, but also voyages (with multiple references to American colonies), roads and urban planning...