Edme-François Mallet - Essai sur l'étude des
Edme-François Mallet () - Essai sur l'étude des belles-lettres. Paris, Ganeau, . Full Jansenist calf, duodecimo, XIII-[p.First edition of this book studying literature. It contains many parts, the main themes are: literature in general, rhetoric, poetry, history, and philosophy.The Jansenist binding on one of his books is amusing since he wrote an article against the Jansenists.The abbot Mallet is also one of the editors of the encyclopedia of Diderot, for the theological part. Full Jansenist calf, solid binding, but with lack of leather on both covers (especially the first cover), water stains in the margins on almost all of the volume. Beautiful paper.Rare work. Read More