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Robert Dodsley (1703-1764)
THE OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE TRANSLATED FROM THE INDIAN MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN
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Reference : 16758
Edizione del 1769 di questa celebre opera che conobbe diversi edizioni in tutto il XVIII secolo. Si tratta di una raccolta di aforismi morali raccolti dal libraio Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) sulla base di un antico manoscritto indiano di un bramino. In discrete condizioni ma completo. Copertina in piena pelle coeva con titolo e decorazioni in oro al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rotture alle cerniere: piatto anteriore quasi staccato, posteriore restaurato. Legatura in buone condizioni. Pagine in buone condizioni con fioriture. In 24. Dim. 13,5x8,5 cm. Pp. XV+(1)+54+(6)+92Edition of 1769 of this famous work which was edited different times during the whole 18th century. It is a colelction of moral aphorisms collected by the librarian Robert Dodsley (1703-1764) based on an antique indian manuscript by a bramin. In fair conditions but complete. Full leather coeval cover with golden title and decorations in the spine slightly worn in the edges and spine. Cracks in the hidges: front plate almost detached, back plate restores. Binding in good conditions. Pages in good conditions with foxings. In 24. Dim. 13,5x8,5 cm. Pp. XV+(1)+54+(6)+92
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The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated From an Indian Manuscript, Written By an Ancient Bramin, to Which is Prefixed an Account
1795 1795 London: Printed by T. Rickaby, for S. and E. Harding 1795 - 1 vol., small octavo, illustrated with 49 engraved vignetts by Harding in text, first edition of this work with these illustrations. Bound in a fine full contemporary vellum,mouillures sur la reliure surtout au 2e plat,texte frais.Octavo. 24, 120pp. a6-b6, B6-L6. With 49 engravings by Gardiner after Harding. Morison, Four Centuries of Fine Printing, p. 197; Graesse II, 416.
inside good copy. The first part, "A Letter from an English Gentlemen Now Residing in China" has been attributed to Lord Chesterfield in the past but is now thought to be a treatise entirely composed by Robert Dodsley. First published in 1751, this edition is the first with Harding's fine engravings Remise de 20% pour toutes commandes égales ou supérieures à 200 €
