LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales, 1743
LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, François de || AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE, Nicolas.
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales.
Paris, la Veuve Ganeau, 1743.
12mo (171x95 mm), frontispiece and xxii-(2)-370 pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Binding rubbed.
Edition of the Maxims of La Rochefoucauld revised by Amelot de La Houssaye. Some handwritten reflections from the time comment on or complete certain maxims at the end of the work.
provenance: Bookplate from Ernest Desnos (1852-1925).