1688 Rare French Book - The desabused courtier, or the Thoughts of a Gentleman who has spent most of his life at Court & in War.

 

Author : Bourdonné, Charles de.
Title : Le courtisan desabusé, ou Les pensées d'un Gentilhomme qui a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie à la Cour & dans la Guerre. Nouvelle edition. // (The desabused courtier, or the Thoughts of a Gentleman who has spent most of his life at Court & in War. New edition).
Language : Text in French.
Publisher : A Paris: Chez Nicolas Le Gras, 1688.
Size : 7 " X 4 "
Pages :  302 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good full calf leather binding (hinges fine, upper and lower part of spine chipped as shown, overall slightly scuffed and worn) under a protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean. rare staining and foxing).

The book : Rare original 17th century French edition of this famous set of moral reflections, with reflections written in line with the' Essais' of Montaigne and the 'Essay des Merveilles de Nature et des plus nobles artifices' by Jesuit Étienne Binet.

The author :  Bourdonné, Charles de (16..-16..).