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Antoine Yves Goguet

De L'igine des loix, des arts, et des sciences; et de leurs progrès chez les anciens peuples, 1758

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Paris, Desaint & amp; Saillant, 1758. In 4th. 3 vols. & Nbsp; Small eyes, frontispieces printed in red and black, elegant friezes and woodcut initials, with 9 folded tables and 3 large folded tables, tear at the lower external corner of H2 without loss of text of the first volume, small work of woodworm in the margin white of the last issues of vol. III, light browning, rare blooms and small spots, coeval binding in mottled calfskin, title and tome within 5-pin spine with phytomorphic decorations embossed in gold, red cuts, small lacks on the caps and hinges, some slight defects. Paper ex libris on counterplates.




Specialist Notes

First edition of this important discussion on the socio-cultural nature of ancient post-Flood civilizations. Goguet (Paris 1716-1758), scholar and advisor to the Parliament of Paris, did not neglect to investigate the state of the technology of the illustrated companies, for example taking an interest in the methods of construction of the Egyptian pyramids. A real treatise on comparative ethnography.


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