(PSEUDO-KABBALAH).

AUCTION 38 | Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 208

(PSEUDO-KABBALAH).

Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens. Lettres Cabalistiques, ou correspondance philosophique, historique & critique, entre deux Cabalistes, divers esprits élémentaires, & le Seigneur Astaroth [“Kabbalistic letters, or philosophic, historic and critical correspondence between two Kabbalists, diverse elemental spirits and the Lord Astaroth.”] Marbled endpapers. Uniform mottled calf, spine gilt extra.12mo

Hague: Pierre Paupie 1754

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $200

The French philosopher, The Marquis d'Argens(1704-1771) popularized in his books - including Lettres Juives, Lettres Cabalistiques, and Lettres Chinoises - the ideas of the Enlightenment, as espoused by Voltaire and others