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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

United States
About Item: Frankfurt, Liége, and Paris: Bassompierre, 1760, 1761, 1766. 185 x 98 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 3/4"). xviii, [2], 211 pp.; lvi, 401, [3] pp.; vii, [5], 201 pp. Three separately published works.. First two works in contemporary marbled sheep, spines gilt in compartments (first work with inelegant repair to spine); the third work in half sheep over marbled boards. Front pastedowns with ex-libris of Daniel Berditchevsky. ◆Short crack to tail of a couple of joints, boards with insignificant worming, extremities a little rubbed, but the bindings sound and not displeasing; excellent copies internally, clean and fresh with only minor imperfections. Intended to promote piety in an increasingly secular world, these works were written by a man deemed the "Enemy of the Philosophers" for his defense of traditional Christian spirituality against Enlightenment rationalism. Marquis Louis-Antoine Caraccioli (1719-1803) was born in Paris to a noble Neapolitan family and travelled the Continent trying a variety of careers,… Read More
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