De La Sagesse Trois Livres
hardcover
1662 · Amsterdam
by CHARRON, Pierre
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1662. hardcover. near fine. Beautifully engraved extra title page; printer's device on title page, and some decorative woodcut initials and ornaments throughout. [16], 622, 8 pages. Thick 12mo, attractively bound in simple full black morocco with ornate gilt-stamped inner dentelles; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Amsterdam: Louys & Daniel Elzevier, 1662. The 4th Elzevier edition. Front endpaper lacking, else a near fine, clean copy. The magnum opus of Charron, who is known as the founder of modern secularism. -- Willems 1281; Rahir 1319; Copinger 888. (Inventory #: 262497)