Les voeux d'un patriote

Second edition of this text that was first published in installments in Amsterdam from 1689, under the title: Les soupirs de la France esclave, which comprised 15 memoirs. Only 13 memoirs are included in this collection.
Contemporary half brown marbled sheep binding. Smooth spine with fillets. Red morocco title label. Traces of rubbing.
Work of the pastor and polemicist Pierre Jurieu (1637-1713), the Mémoires constitute a violent critique of Louis XIV's government. One finds therein all the abuses denounced, both of absolutism and of the Church's power. The author deplores the disintegration of the nobility and advocates for the sovereignty of peoples and the subordination of kings to the Estates General, principles that would resurface during the French Revolution. This is certainly why this new edition came to light in 1788.