Sentimens critiques sur les Caracteres de Monsieur de La Bruyere

First edition.
Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Rubbing to boards and corners.
By Noël, known as Bonaventure d'Argonne. Also attributed to Abbé Pierre de Villiers and to Pierre-Jacques Brillon, author of the 'Apologie de Monsieur de La Bruyere et du théophraste moderne...', which is a response to the present work, according to Barbier CG, III, 1124. The work is a scrupulous commentary on La Bruyère's characters, beginning with a general appreciation, then examining and critiquing each theme and each maxim.