(PSEUDO-KABBALAH).

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $200

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Pierre Paupie

Place

Hague

Publication

1754

Description

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.”]

summary

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

Marbled endpapers. Uniform mottled calf, spine gilt extra.12mo

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