Louis-Sébastien Mercier - L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s’il en fût jamais - 1776

Rare edition of this science fiction novel and philosophical utopia that imagines the tale of an eighteenth-century man who falls asleep and is then projected into a distant future where society has been profoundly transformed by the progress of the Enlightenment, reason, and social reforms -

The work takes the form of a fictional time-travel journey in which the narrator discovers a civilization of the 25th century freed from many injustices of its era, which allows Mercier to offer a direct and often virulent critique of the political, religious, and social institutions of Ancien Régime France -

In this idealized future, the absolute monarchy has disappeared in favor of a more rational and equitable government, laws are simplified and oriented toward the common good, education is generalized and founded on the principles of reason, morality, and social usefulness -

Louis-Sébastien Mercier - L'an deux mille quatre cent quarante. Rêve s’il en fût jamais - 1776 - A Londres -
375 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, work in full brown leather of the period, wear from use, a few minor defects on boards and spine (spine worn with leather loss at the ends), missing headcaps, cracked hinges, worn corners, red edges, spine with cords -

Good interior condition, browning, beautiful vignette on the title page, pretty headbands, tailpieces, all pages are perfectly legible and well bound, good copy -

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