Lot 69
[Goyon de la Plombanie (Henri)] L'Homme en Société, ou Nouvelles Vues Politiques et Économiques pour porter la Population..., first edition, 1763.
Hammer Price: £260
Description
[Goyon de la Plombanie (Henri)] L'Homme en Société, ou Nouvelles Vues Politiques et Économiques pour porter la Population au plus haut degré en France, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, with half-title to vol.1 and initial blank to vol.2, contemporary mottled calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 9831; Kress 6105], 8vo, Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1763.
⁂ This was De la Plombanie's most important work, containing almost subversive and, for the time, modern ideas, for which reason the author had his work published anonymously outside France.
Description
[Goyon de la Plombanie (Henri)] L'Homme en Société, ou Nouvelles Vues Politiques et Économiques pour porter la Population au plus haut degré en France, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, with half-title to vol.1 and initial blank to vol.2, contemporary mottled calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 9831; Kress 6105], 8vo, Amsterdam, Marc Michel Rey, 1763.
⁂ This was De la Plombanie's most important work, containing almost subversive and, for the time, modern ideas, for which reason the author had his work published anonymously outside France.
