Maximes La Rochefoucauld.

£150 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

'hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue' A finely-printed edition of the collected maxims of the French courtier and man of letters François, Duke de la Rochefoucauld (1613-1680). Small 4to (16.5 x 13 cm); parallel text in English and French, title printed in red and black, bookplate to front pastedown; half green morocco, green cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, a little rubbed, very good; [4], 209, [1]pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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