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Paris, Libraires associés, 1762. In 12th. Intaglio frieze on the title page, contemporary binding in sponged calfskin with gold decorations on the spine. Ex libris on the pastedown by the Salmbeni Brothers, printed ex-libris (73x48 mm.) with a winged Pegasus rampant on three snakes writhing on the ground, against the background of a starry sky; above motto: "Nec adversa retorquent", below: G.P.C. Ownership signature of Filippo Salimbeni.
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First published in 1761 and republished in English in 1762, it is a learned political and social reflection. Thoughts on intolerance, which is sometimes necessary (but the damage is caused by the emigration of Protestants); on taxes, which are less burdensome than poorly distributed; on the harmful celibacy of priests; on the necessity of sumptuary laws, even if 'the luxury that a small state loses enriches a large one'; on the duel, which can lead to the destruction of the human race; on the exemption of fathers from taxes, which would favor the population. Etc.
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