[Rarebooks] FS: Simon Linquet's "Essai Philosopphique sur le Monachisme." Paris: 1775

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Linguet, Simon Nicholas Henri]. ESSAI PHILOSOPHIQUE SUR LE MONACHISME. Par Mr. L.  Paris: No pub. 1775. 175,(1)pp. Old calf-backed marbled boards, extremities somewhat rubbed.     $200.00 (trade discount allowed)
Treatise on monastic life by an important French journalist & writer. "Shortly before his execution during the Terror, his fame in France rivaled that of Beaumarchais and even Voltaire (E.B.)." There is another edition of 179pp., also dated 1775.

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