Peter Bichsel   Fine Books

Gracian, Baltasar. L’homme de cour, traduit de l’espagnol par le sieur Amelot de la Houssaie. Avec notes.

With engr. frontispiece. 33 unn. leaves, 311 pp., 5 leaves index. Small 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. – Paris, Veuve Martin et Jean Boudot, 1685.

Second edition of the French translation of Gracian’s (1601–1658) „Oraculo Manual, y Arte de Prudencia“ (1653), a collection of 300 moral sentences. From the collection of Arpad Plesch with his bookplate on first paste-down. – Nice copy, clean. – Best.-Nr. 19778