MABLY (Gabriel de, Abbé). Observations sur l'histoire de la - Lot 6

MABLY (Gabriel de, Abbé). Observations sur l'histoire de la Grèce ou des causes de la prospérité et des malheurs des grecs. A Genève, par La Compagnie des Libraires, 1766. In-12, [2] ff, VIII-314 pp, contemporary marbled fawn calf, 5-ribbed spine, red title-piece, ornate caissons, triple gilt fillet edging the boards, marbled edges. Revised edition by the author, based on his Observations sur les Grecs of 1749. A republican philosopher whose moral criticisms of society are considered to be among the precursors of the Revolution, Abbé Mably studied He admires ancient societies, models of frugality and virtue, such as the Greece of Sparta Slight rubbing to binding, small hole to upper cover. PHILOSOPHY OF ENLIGHTENMENT.