De La Bruyere Jean - Le Moeours de ce Siecle - 1696

Jean de La Bruière? (correct form: Jean de La Bruyère). Les Caractères de Théophraste ou les Moeurs de ce siècle. The Hague, at Adrien Moetjens, 1696. Sixteenth-century edition of the famous satire on French society of the 17th century by the renowned French writer and moralist. The work, fictitiously attributed to Theophrastus, describes with tones of sharp satire, humor, finesse, and mockery the characters, human types, and the morals of the era. Social and political critique, an essential chronicle of the spirit of the 17th century. Full-leather binding of the period. Title in a gold inlay on the spine. Spine with raised cords, entirely decorated with gold ornaments. Frontispiece in red and black. Dimensions 17 x 10 cm, pages preliminaries 30, main text 587, plates 4. Small loss at the top of the spine. Reddening of some pages. Very good condition.