536. [HAY DU CHATELET (Paul)]. Traité de la politique de France. Cologne, Pierre du Marteau, 1669, 264 pp, in-12, white vellum, title in ink (contemporary binding). New clandestine edition of a very liberal work by Hay du Châtelet, advocating in particular a reduction in the number of clerics, the abolition of venality in office and the limitation of war. The work strongly displeased Louis XIV and earned the author a fortnight's imprisonment. Discrete restoration on the first cover.
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536. [HAY DU CHATELET (Paul)]. Traité de la politique de France. Cologne, Pierre du Marteau, 1669, 264 pp, in-12, white vellum, title in ink (contemporary binding). New clandestine edition of a very liberal work by Hay du Châtelet, advocating in particular a reduction in the number of clerics, the abolition of venality in office and the limitation of war. The work strongly displeased Louis XIV and earned the author a fortnight's imprisonment. Discrete restoration on the first cover.

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536. [HAY DU CHATELET (Paul)]. Traité de la politique de France. Cologne, Pierre du Marteau, 1669, 264 pp, in-12, white vellum, title in ink (contemporary binding). New clandestine edition of a very liberal work by Hay du Châtelet, advocating in particular a reduction in the number of clerics, the abolition of venality in office and the limitation of war. The work strongly displeased Louis XIV and earned the author a fortnight's imprisonment. Discrete restoration on the first cover.
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Various antiquarian books, including 16th-century books - Day 2
Saturday 29 March・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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